modellor

Then the Serpent ones will fit no problem. I dont have a digital any more. Last one got stolen. But my dad has got a nice new Fuji which I hope to get off him next Sunday when he is back from holidays. Planning on snapping a lot of quality pictures of my Serpent and heavily modified yokomo.

InitialD

Thanks for the heads up Mark. I did not know about the ball fit problem it will solve. I'll put that as one of the things to get if I can find them here in the LHS.

I guess you're not that evil after all

markp27

Peace brother!

markp27

Nice one!!! Just hope your Dad forgets he lent you the camera

Look forward to seeing the pics!!

InitialD

Ummm, are we talking about the same thing here? Outdrives as in diff adaptors (801393) or the wheel axle (801215 or 801214 for the pro version)?

For the moment I thought you meant the outdrive as being the part where you fit into the 10x15x4 bearings at the steering knuckles (801215 or 801214)...

InitialD

Friday only, please...

markp27

Here you go InitialD, a picture for you of the servo savers. The one if the foreground is the original 705 saver the one with the steering arms connected is the 1/8th part - notice the flange position!!!

NOTE: both servo savers are upside down on the table

PS: No it isn't the D1

InitialD

Interesting... Why didn't Serpent include this servo saver in the 705 after learning from the Impulse / Impulse PRO? The Serpent USA team drivers were already using them in their cars back in the Impulse PRO days...

Now who says you don't have any pics? We make exceptions even if they are non D1 pics

Anyway, your Ixus pic revealed that your battery plug connector is kinda broken. Better fix it before you get into trouble with the connectors going bad...

markp27

Man-o-Man, I land myself it trouble so easily
I'll also have to pray to the big RC God in forgivness for posting pictures on a non-picture Day!!!

modellor

Yep. We are talking about the same thing. Outdrives as in diff adapters. I keep forgetting Serpent are odd and dont call them outdrives.

taz5176

i've tried the 1/8 servo-saver, although it's well clear of the belts, but it seems to touch the gear on the on-way, do i need to mod to use it?

markp27

I saw it was close on mine, but it didn't seem to touch the pulley - I'm using the solid axle and not the one way - maybe there is a size difference there?
If it is touching, then you will certainly have to modify the servo saver.

Cheers, Mark.

TurnNBurn

Mark,

Going back to the solid diff problem, you were having:

I live in Miami, FL - home of SerpentUSA... The team drivers were testing both the solid diffs and one-ways in the Prop prototype a good 6 months before the Pro was released. This was where I heard about several Impact parts that were being used on the Impulse, most visible of which was the rear anti-roll bar setup as now used on the 705. Based on the above, it would be a good bet that the Impact driveshafts will be the trick to solve that problem. Like I said earlier, it would be nice if Serpent's cross-reference list for parts compatibility were better.

InitialD

TurnNBurn, were the FC steering blocks present during the PRO days? No. I believe this problem Mark discovered is new. I don't think at that time the team drivers needed to use Impact FRONT doggies as the current one Impulse / 705 ones work fine. The only Impact doggies that needed to be used were the REAR doggies if the Impact ball diff, Impact rear solid axle or the FPS diff were to be used. Now, the 705 design spots the doggies and the ball diff design from Impact.

Anyway, the problem will only arrise (like Mark's) if one were to use the FC steering blocks with a solid front diff (as well as a front gear diff too I believe) as these steering blocks are offset out quite a bit. I do believe with the older steering blocks, they do not pose this problem with a solid front axle.

I believe Serpent overlooked on that one about using solid front axle with the FC steering blocks on the 705 just like when they announced that the Impulse front gear diff cannot be used on the 705

In my opinion, I think that's the beauty of the Serpent parts list. There is always some parts to try with a little bit of fitting from the other bigger cars which will yield different results. The possibilities and potential are always an unknown factor

Slotmachine

iTrader: (4)

I see that people are useing the trick that I told initial D. sometime ago,the 1/8th. servo saver does give a better ackerman angle and as mentioned the tie rod placement is an added bonus.