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Old 10-02-2013 | 06:37 PM
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What would be a good place to start for gearing a Tekin 2050? Any recommendations on brand of pinions? Thanks!
16T pinion on medium to large tracks. I've run a 17T on a huge outdoor door track, and a 15T on a small outdoor or indoor track. Serpent pinions work great! I've also used RC Monster pinions and HotBodies pinions.
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Old 10-04-2013 | 06:57 AM
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What would be a good place to start for gearing a Tekin 2050? Any recommendations on brand of pinions? Thanks!
I've ran 14-17 with that motor. I typically run 16. How you can gear the motor will depend on how you drive the car, track conditions, and some environmental conditions. Start small and work up.
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Old 10-04-2013 | 10:35 PM
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I run serpents 16T with a 2050 and I need to turn my epa down with smc lipos
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Old 10-07-2013 | 09:43 PM
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New body?
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Old 10-10-2013 | 10:15 AM
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I'm interested in a second buggy. I'm considering the Serpent 811 BE RTR or the Assoc. RC8.2E. Any thoughts?
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Old 10-10-2013 | 10:26 AM
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What is with this cab forward crap? Everybody with the cab forward bodies, ugly, should have left it alone.
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Old 10-10-2013 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Rkapi128
I'm interested in a second buggy. I'm considering the Serpent 811 BE RTR or the Assoc. RC8.2E. Any thoughts?
that is a no brainer, serpent of course. just the biuld quality alone is night a day different, not to mention you get a novarossi engine with it.

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What is with this cab forward crap? Everybody with the cab forward bodies, ugly, should have left it alone.
I think I can speak for everyone. You are the .00001% that doesnt like em', you can still get the low and sleek body. I am sure they have tons left. I like both, but I like the forward way better
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Old 10-10-2013 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad Millikan
that is a no brainer, serpent of course. just the biuld quality alone is night a day different, not to mention you get a novarossi engine with it.



I think I can speak for everyone. You are the .00001% that doesnt like em', you can still get the low and sleek body. I am sure they have tons left. I like both, but I like the forward way better
He's not alone I LOATHE all the cab forward designs. While I like a lot of what Jconcepts has done for this hobby the cab forward movement isn't one of them.
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Old 10-10-2013 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Rkapi128
I'm interested in a second buggy. I'm considering the Serpent 811 BE RTR or the Assoc. RC8.2E. Any thoughts?
While I'm no top level driver after switching from RC8.2e to the 811 2.0e I was so much happier, I struggled to find a setup that worked for me on the AE. It may sound crazy but my lap times dropped by about 3 seconds just because I had fun driving it, quality wise the Serpent is amazing, get one you won't be disappointed.
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Old 10-10-2013 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad Millikan
that is a no brainer, serpent of course. just the biuld quality alone is night a day different, not to mention you get a novarossi engine with it.
Didn't know Novarossi made electric motors.
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Old 10-10-2013 | 05:31 PM
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I don't have my 811Be at the moment, I took the HW xerun 150a/Thunderpower 1900 combo out. PM if you are interested. It is still wired to be a direct fit in the 811be also, wires soldered and all.
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Old 10-10-2013 | 09:04 PM
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Didn't know Novarossi made electric motors.
You didn't know. Yeah, me neither. Woops.
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Old 10-14-2013 | 10:00 AM
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Love the 2.0. Is there a trick to centering the steering servo horn fully assembled?? I removed the chassis brace but driveshaft is still in the way.
I managed to remove the whole servo/ESC box and did a trial and error to get it close.
For the life of me I can not figure out an easy way to do this.

Also any aluminum horn or alternate linkage options for the Cobra??
UPDATE! I just found the Serpent Alum. Servo levers. Still going to have the same trouble centering.


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Old 10-24-2013 | 06:55 AM
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Good looking ebuggy. Just posting to subsribe.
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Old 10-27-2013 | 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by scwrod
Love the 2.0. Is there a trick to centering the steering servo horn fully assembled?? I removed the chassis brace but driveshaft is still in the way.
I managed to remove the whole servo/ESC box and did a trial and error to get it close.
For the life of me I can not figure out an easy way to do this.

Also any aluminum horn or alternate linkage options for the Cobra??
UPDATE! I just found the Serpent Alum. Servo levers. Still going to have the same trouble centering.


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Serpent sells a aluminum horn for the ebuggy or you can use a hot bodies horn. Centering servo make sure you turn on your transmitter and electronics. Make sure your epa and subtrim is set to zero and center. Then install the radio tray this prevents things from moving. Then install the horn and use your subtrim for finally adjustment. Make sure you install the horn to the servo arm first then use some Shoe glue for the nut that sits below the steering assembly where screw down the arm. This makes it much easier and you don't need to hold that bottom nut.
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