Serpent has released the following press release regarding the release of a new Serpent 200mm platform, the Serpent 733! I’m sure it will provide the answers to all of your questions, enjoy…
“Superb assembly and fit, easy and accessable for set-up and maintenance, faster, easier handling, better balance, higher corner speeds, feels very “light” and responsive. A totally new package, combining many years of experience with real innovative idea’s. More than evolution only …. with a passion for technology. Serpent started this exciting racing category, many years back with the Serpent Impulse 1/10 200mm car. As 1/8 scale racing was getting too tough or expensive for many, we decided to create a new class of racing. By now it has developed into a full scale racing class, which is one of the biggest in the onroad market. Performance levels of both engines and chassis have increased a lot, and this makes this class highly competitive and great to race in. To cope with the growing amounts of horsepower and to translate that to superb grip on the tarmac, we decided to start the Serpent 1/10 chassis design from scratch, based on the knowledge and experience from the past years. The main project tasks consisted of: highest performance level, combined with easy to work on, very accessable for maintenance, more durable, innovative and with a very attractive design…… the works. More detailed info and real pictures to follow in the next weeks.
Main features –
- New geometry and roll-centers, lower center of gravity and modified weight-positioning for improved grip and better balance.
- Adjustable caster, camber, toe-in, width, wheelbase front and rear, ride-height, roll centers and more.
- alu front lower bearing blocks and suspension brackets, with integrated anti-roll bar holders and integrated alu middle bearing block
- ball-raced wire type front anti-roll bar system, more efficient and easier to tweak
- new servo-saver design, mounted on the chassis only, with new and easy to mount linkages, options to change ackermann
- split type rear end assembly, with alu holders for 2-speed/brake (from 966) and integrated anti-roll bar holders, and also split type rear alu bearing blocks combined with alu suspension brackets for easy differential access.
- New, very accessible brake system, with large ventilated disks, lower in the car, with ready to use race brake-pads
- New nylon suspension parts / wishbones front and rear
- New rear uprights and keeping the latest 720 steeringblocks, both combined with the lightweight alu pivotballs and nylon ball-cups.
- Very thick and strong carbon shock-towers front and rear with a variety of positions.
- High quality steel parts, stainless steel high speed bearings, allen type steel screws throughout the car
- Race proven Centax clutch (a Serpent innovation) combined with the reliable LC 2-speed gearbox
- New gear-ratio combined with new pullies with small sideholes to let dirt out and new drive-belts.
- RCCX shocks-sets with 2009 modification on rod-support and x-ring.
- New light-weight gear-differential, mounted lower in the car, same diff front and rear, just pulley is different. Combined with light-weight drive-cups, cvd’s in the front and driveshafts in the rear
- 3mm chassis plate 7075 T6 with closed type design, combined with U-shaped motormount which can remain on the engine. This mount, then goes on top of the new alu chassis stiffner. Perfectly positioned. This stiffner has arms to the front and back to influence flex, depending with how many chassis-screws its fastened.
- new low 75cc fueltank with AFL-cap more to the front and mounting-position for AMB transponder on the bottom
- carbon fibre radioplate assembly unit contains fuel-tank, belt-tensioner, both servo’s, receiverbox, battery/holder (accepts normal and Lipo-pack), transponder-holder all as one easy to take out sub-assembly. Ideal for easy cleaning and access. All wiring very short and compact to mount. Nice straight servo-linking to brake and throttle levers.
- New asymetric roll bar with integrated sleeve for the fuel-cap strap, roll bar doubles also as end-stop for the fuel-cap.
- Full color manual/ref-guide and nice logo-decals and a new design small exclusive packing box.
Developed and engineered by Michael Salven.
More details on above in the full release of the Serpent 733 lateron.
Pre-orders :
#804000 Serpent 733, 4wd 200mm”
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