redsand

thanks for the link....that's the one i've been looking for.
great facility and great coverage.

RC MARKET

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good link !

quietstorm76

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I had to shave the bottom of center body post to mount it on the rear side of the front shock tower. I used my 720 bodies and the front lined up almost perfectly but the rear body post were off.

Seisick

wow, if only all big races had coverage and live camera like this link!
the best ive seen so far

katze

tough luck for the Serpent team... just look at the lap timings they were getting until the incidents started happening....

anyway... did some extensive testing with my 733 at the track and i was clocking consistently faster timings as compared to my NT1.... not bad considering that the downstop piece on my left lower sus arm was broken... did not even know when it broke off but the car was handling a bit unpredicatably throughout the day but still managed faster times...

money well spent!!!

dj apolaro

Well today I tested the car more and found a few things that worked better for me. The track was bumpy and had some slow and fast sections. I found that the car is more stable with the rear camber links at more of an angle. A little more droop in the front to transfer weight to rear helped stable the car out for me. I also used standard rear springs instead of the short ones. I did notice the car gets good tire wear and this was confirmed by one of the locals as well. They ran the same set of tires for practice, quals and final. Normally the track would have used a minimum of 2 sets, maybe 3.

How is everyone liking the car. Here in Florida the racers are very happy with the performance and look.

DJ Apolaro

cobrajet

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any one elses tank leak? i'll take a better look at it tonight to make sure nothing looks out of place. mine was leaking like hell today and made a good mess.

quietstorm76

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Hey DJ I got to test the car today and I was very impressed with the corner speed of the car. Low to medium traction and the car was planted after a few adjustments. Copied your front end setup you posted from Kissimmee and tweaked the rear to my liking and the car was great. I broke it though. Dude I need parts help!!!!!

Yeah mine did leak on the first run but it didn't leak today at all. Seems like once the fuel got in the seal and sat over night it was fine.

jjrctech

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I got a little more run time with my serpent 733 after the mains today at Homestead and the car was really good with the 150,000cst front oil diff Dj gave me some to try thanks ,
Very happy so far with the performance , car rolls a lot very smooth.

DJ

What rear and front spring were you use today? I was using red rear and blue front and the car was some what lose in the rear.

Also there was a lot of fuel in the car from the tank tap some come out when the car is move side to side i found with car full is this normal?

Thanks
Jr

katze

my tank "leaks" too.... but i found the problem to be a tank cover that does not close properly... as long as i push down on the lid to ensure a good seal after refuels, fuel will not leak....

rocca30

george what did u think about the euro's?

implusepro

so it looks like this tank issue effected the guys at the euros:

salven - engine cut outs
green - fuel in radio gear
groskamp - engine cut outs

BURATIS-SPP

Dj,

Did you use the longer shaft and shock canister also?

quietstorm76

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The loose rear maybe due to the short rear springs...........maybe, not sure yet. I tried this on my 720 and the result was similar to what we are getting on the 733, just a tad loose but it is very drivable. I'm going to try the long rear springs like DJ did.

Erchur

quietstorm76,

I also had to shave the bottom of the front center body post to make it fit on the shock tower. No big deal adjustment made in a couple of minutes.

I made the mistake of pushing too hard on the servo saver while trying to pop in the steering linkages and broke the servo saver . I wanted to run the car this weekend at the Southwest Series race, but no spare parts on hand yet. I spoke to Doug and the part is on order now

Car build went somoothly otherwise. All linkages move freely.

The car was admired by many attending the Southwest Series race here in Houston. Blazing 100F, 80% RH nice racing day!

Can't wait to run it next weekend.

Erchur