Technical specification

Eine einzigartige Fabrikationsweise

GEL COAT: Reinforced protection

For some years now, RAPIDO has been using a “high-tech” gel-coat material, which protects your motor home’s bodywork from climate damage, and especially UV. The quality of this resin (gel-coat) is essential. It gives your camping-car its long life, its watertightnes and its brilliant look.

POLYGLACE® POLYESTER: Unequalled brilliance

The Polyglace® polyester which clads the panels of RAPIDO camping-cars (Series 7FF ; 70/70dF ; 90dF ; 9M/MH ; 10) results from an exclusive technique. Its manual manufacturing process guarantees a perfectly smooth bodywork appearance of unequalled brilliance. This quality results from a greater thickness of resin.

Polyester Panels in the bodywork structure: increased hail resistance

• Panels coated with polyester possess good resistance to the impact of hail, scratching by branches and other small impacts. They are easy to repair.
• All the roofs in the RAPIDO range are designed with a polyester roof, which provides perfect resistance thanks to its absorption properties when hail is falling.

Sealing

Most of the range is fitted with a roof covering all edges to ensure perfect water-tightness.
Each vehicle, as it leaves the production line, passes through a water jet tunnel to test the water-tightness of the openings.

Body structure

Based on its long experience as a motor home manufacturer, RAPIDO builds the living areas of its vehicles with very particular attention to detail on the insulation with the use of a material, Styrofoam, which possesses recognised lightness properties and high insulation values.
Depending on the model, this insulation material is complemented by other materials or technologies such as wood, aluminium or polyurethane.
For example, on the 9M/MH and 10 Series, the structure of the body is in aluminium (on all the wall panels and the floor in the Serie 9M/MH) or in polyurethane (on the panels in the new 10 Series).
The sub-floor on the Mercedes models is also protected by a polyester coating. RAPIDO motor homes are renowned for their robustness and rigidity and RAPIDO daily demonstrates its expert know-how in the use of these materials and construction methods.
Our Design and Engineering Department constantly continues its search for more innovative solutions.