Rolatube Tactical Mast 9m 9-Meter Self-Supporting Composite Mast for Antennas and Sensors Deployable in 4 Minutes Without Guy Wires

The Rolatube Tactical Mast 9m is the long-range carbon fiber composite mast designed for the forward observation team, listening post, or brigade communications team that needs to elevate a VHF/UHF antenna, long-range PTZ camera, or radio relay to 9 meters height to extend line-of-sight coverage over surrounding terrain — without the installation time, weight, and logistics footprint of conventional metal telescoping masts that require guy wires and anchors distributed across a 4-meter radius around the base.

Rolatube's Roll-Out Tube deployment principle uses carbon fiber composite tube sections in flat state that roll up into flat reels in the transport position and deploy by automatic extrusion of the material's own rigidity when extracted from the reel — the tube acquires its rigid circular cross-section the instant it exits the reel, without any additional manual locking or fastening action. Self-stability without guy wires results from the thin-wall circular carbon/epoxy section construction with 70 GPa elastic modulus — equivalent to steel — in a 38 mm outer diameter, 1.2 mm wall tube that provides sufficient moment of inertia to resist lateral 120 km/h wind loads with 5 kg payload at the top without buckling.

The folding anodized aluminum tripod base from which the mast extends deploys in 45 seconds and is anchored with included ground pegs at 3 points — no concrete anchor or permanent installation. The complete assembly — rolled mast + tripod + 5 kg antenna mounting hardware + pegs — weighs 4 kg in the reinforced polypropylene transport case with bilateral carry handles, within individual load limits for one operator.