mike, anyone run the 710 in miami yet ? i was over at the grid earlier this week checking out the 710 forum, and all of the sudden anyone there was gone..

710
 

Javier Torres from Full Throttle Speedway in Kissimmee Fl. has one and he is testing this weekend.

You should start building and use it for the upcoming race:nod: it's a whole new world... yet, still many to discover

the car sooooo many little pieces, its going to take some time to get mine put together,

:sneaky: What I do is make sure there is NEVER more than one car in sight. She can't tell one from the other!:cool:

710 Availability
 

Evlhdlts,

I saw that Atomic Hobbies website was updated as of yesterday, and it says that they have them in stock.
Try giving them a call.

I think they are out of Miami as well.

Atomic is out of Miami and they do, or at least they did yesterday, have them in stock.

do they have a website?

ok.. good.
thanks a lot
:)

You are right!.. start to hit the road as soon as you can.
Its totally different car...
It is quite dissapointing in my 1st track test coz the track quite dusty.
My track is considering very technical and the"out of box" setup with 40F/40R uncut tire was not satisfy me, too much roll and very slow in chicanes. But I do notes that the car handling does not change so much as the tires wear down or making a small droop change.
After couple of tanks, I made this change:
- change the piston to have 2 hole FR+RR, better !!
and after
- raising the lower arm position
- compensate the upper link to make more neg. camber in the rear (around 4 deg)
... now we in bussines!!! the rear is holds very well in fast chicane.
And tomorrow we going to add more traction in front.

For those who wants to max out the car in your 1st test, pls read carefully page 16,17 and 24,25 in small setup book. This will saves your time alot. The most stupid thing you can do is forget this book in your 1st test, like I do :cry: :cry:

hhhmmmmmm

:mad: they ran out just now!:(

Is anybody using Futaba servo's:
I can't get the steering servo right; i have more travel steering left than right and also the link from the servo to the servo saver almost touches the front belt! Is this because Serpent only drives Sanwa?

Stil its the only problem i found! Nice CAR
(ok 1 more little problem: hole of the front shockmounting are to small)

cost
 

guys, how much does the kit cost? tnx........

Buboy, kamusta na dyan pre ?

The lowest I've seen so far here in the US is $360.

re:cost
 

ok thanks pare, i'm comparing the cost coz they are retailing it here for around $460(25.5T pesos). ok naman d2 and i think 3 new racetracks are opening so buhay na buhay na naman ang rc d2 sa pinas..........

With the S710 servo layout, the best is to use Futaba S9550. Most likely not balance left/right is due to servo horn and the plastic ballcup touching each other (turns right if not mistaken). Just use 2mm spacer in between that connection.

I got mine for about 380 USD but it came with a free protoform dodge 2.1 (i know i know .. *YAWN*) and a box of christmas cookies from the LHS... :rolleyes: :D

The frnt tower holes: Ya i had to thread my way through them... didn't seem to fray the graphite though.

Hmm.. speaking of fraying... Does serpent graphite require superglue or epoxy arnd the edges to make it long lasting??? (.. InitialD : sURely you're prepared to do this as well!! :sneaky: )

And oh yah, just thought i'd say this as well: I can finally put my favorite rims - Speedmind foamies - on a Serpent car!! Hah hah!! (okok.. i could do this with the LC conversion previously.. but that was just insanely expensive!:flaming: )

front diff gear missing
 

Just got my kit today and the front one way units drive gear in wrong.It is suppose to be a 35 tooth gear with hexagonal cut out in center to slide over one way.What I got has a round hole that wont go over one way plus it has 3 pins sticking out of it that look like what is used for the rear diff.I have gone thru complete kit and it is not there.Waiting for access to my tsn web site forums so I figured I would post here and see what kind of advice I might get

I think i am right in saying the S9550 is a low profile digital servo? Spec wise how does it compare too the S9451? I think they also have metal reinforcing on the case?

SN

It's done on purpose. It's to keep the screws in place when you take off the front shocks.

No need for superglue round the edges of the graphite.

Re: front diff gear missing
 

Sounds like a diff gear instead of a one way gear. Are you sure the pulley with the pins is 35t? If so is there a 45 tooth pulley that looks similar in the kit?

A'm afraid that if i use a 2mm spacer the ballcup will touch the belt, maybe if i position the servo on the outside (rightside) of the servo holder it will work, but i have the 9450 servo's and they are the normal profiel and not the low profiel.

Should you grease the ball diff
 

The instruction doesn't say but should you grease the diff rings?

The 705 instructions are the same in regards to building the diff and they don't show putting grease on the diff rings.

All it shows is greasing the thrust bearings only?

Can anyone elaborate about setting up the diff. I'm not sure about the part where you tighten the screw. I tighten the screw and while holding both outdrives I try to turn the pulley. I set mine to where you can turn it with some force. After that I use the grub screw to hold it in place.

missing gear
 

Yes it is a 35 tooth gear and yes I also have the 45 tooth for rear.Stange it seems.Maybe this is the gear you will need if you install a diff in front as I can,t imagine using it in the rear.

Congrats on your new ride :sneaky: , but that's it, how about aceleration, top end, :confused:,

A lot of building process have been made and talk around here, did anybody else have test the car yet??,, seems that the car have no bugs in the building process, that's awsome:eek: so lets see now in the track:sneaky:

Ciao!!

Yes, this is the low profile one. S9451 is stronger as it has 9kg of torque while S9550 is at 6kg and both are metal gears. I've been using S9550 on S705 and it will break your servo horn only on a hard impact (until the front pivot ball came out of front knuckle).. meaning the 6kg of 9550 is more than enough. Or the servo horn is too weak:lol:

Schrijver99.. you must put 2mm in between when using S9550 on your 710 and it will not touching the belt. Actually the front belt is already touching carbon upper deck as well as the lower chassis as you could see the smear on its print right after 3 tanks (standard front belt tension setup)

Alternative antenna mnt...
 

When i placed my sanwa rx311 into the rx box, i had to face the crystal and connectors inwards and towards the front of the car.. that meant the antenna wire would exit from the rear and travel to the frnt to use the antenna mount...

Sooo.. i cut a small piece of fibre and made two holes (countersunk the bottom one or there won't be enuff space for the screw head). Dunno about other guys, but i've had 3 cm of extra antenna height make the diff btwn glitching when 9 other antennas are beside me on the stand.. :D

Also, i've always liked these types of antenna mnts.. you can pick up the car by them! (though thats not a good practice..)

10% done..
 

About another 90% left... I.E. figuring out the set-up, troubleshooting, learning to drive the damn thing... :p

Cool.. ok Thnks!

holy crap, reading this thread is a B.I.G pain for me as my 710 might get delayed a week or so.

Re: missing gear
 

From your comments I think you got a front diff gear. Contact your shop or distributer and explain the problem. I'm sure you'll be sent the correct part asap.

Re: Should you grease the ball diff
 

There is no real need to grease the large rings. If you chose to, then use only very little.

The way you have set the diff is correct. To be sure of the setting check if you need a considerable amount of force to make the diff slip when you try and turn the first gear of the 2-speed while holding the rear wheels.

Any picture available?

My modded Steering link:
now my link is only 40mm and my servo saver is in centre with the car.

Also i've adjusted the servohorn, so that it's 90 degrees with the servo link and not the servo.

The S9550 is digital too go with the 3PK HRS?

has anyone ran this car? how dose it perform?

Be sure to check if you have the same amount of steering left and right without a big difference in your transmitter. Normally this is the case with the servo horn at 90 degrees to the servo.