Scott Bader Canada supporting monohull production by local students
Scott Bader Canada has continued it’s partnership with engineering students from ÉTS (École de Technologie Supérieure), a local engineering University in Montréal, via their latest project Rafale III.5.
The challenge
The team of 20 students wanted to build an all composite foiling monohull, built to compete in the SuMoth challenge.
The origins of the SuMoth challenge date back to September 2015 when Bruno Giuntoli, founder of the challenge and the SuMoth Association finished the CClass campaign of “Rafale C”, the first and only student-designed and manufactured CClass rigid-wing foiling catamaran
The latest version, redesigned from a catamaran to a foiling monohull, needed to be lighter with a more innovative design to compete with larger, more experienced teams.
The solution
Scott Bader worked with the local University to supply it’s primerless MMA Crestabond structural adhesives and tooling products, including Crystic Vinyl Ester VE671, for the production of the lightweight, innovative monohull.
More specifically, the moulds and hull were produced using recycled PET and bonded together using Crestabond M1-20 whilst the internal partitions were bonded using Crestabond M1-04.
Scott Bader also provided technical support to ensure the high performance materials were applied in optimal fashion to achieve the best possible results for the team.
The result
The monohull performed exceptionally well in the competition held at Lake Garda in Italy.
The team finished second overall out of 11 teams, with the catamaran finishing 1st place for design!
Scott Bader has supported the local University since 2004 on various projects, including their first human powered submarine, Omer and the Rafale I and II projects. We look forward to continuing to support local students as they explore composite and adhesive materials.
