Serpent 710
11-20-2003 | 08:25 PM
#1171
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Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 2,493
Re: 5000+ POST
Originally posted by PUNISHER
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When do you have time to worl on your cars!?!?
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When do you have time to worl on your cars!?!? [/B]
oh well.........
11-20-2003 | 10:20 PM
#1173
Tech Elite
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,069
From: Nuremberg, Germany
Originally posted by InitialD
Just to reiterate, by Julius saying more rear downstop would mean less shock travel. On the droop gauge, that would mean +6 to +8 for example.
Yes, with a one way, more rear downstop as Julius says would make the rear break less under braking. It limits the weight from transfering to the front. This may be good on huge tracks but on smaller ones, you may probably need more turn in or more weight transfered to the front. So that would say that you need to strike a balance.
Just to reiterate, by Julius saying more rear downstop would mean less shock travel. On the droop gauge, that would mean +6 to +8 for example.
Yes, with a one way, more rear downstop as Julius says would make the rear break less under braking. It limits the weight from transfering to the front. This may be good on huge tracks but on smaller ones, you may probably need more turn in or more weight transfered to the front. So that would say that you need to strike a balance.
11-20-2003 | 10:22 PM
#1174
Tech Elite
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,069
From: Nuremberg, Germany
Originally posted by InitialD
Work on cars?
Nah... It's a Serpent. No maintenance work required ! 
Not to blow my trumpet or anything but seriously, I used to work a lot on the car with setup and all. Learned a lot too. But now, I don't even need to check the settings. I just clean the car (unlike somebody who uses Photoshop filters ! ) from weekend to weekend racing with little maitenance here and there. The settings still stay true after a few hard races.
Work on cars?
Nah... It's a Serpent. No maintenance work required ! Not to blow my trumpet or anything but seriously, I used to work a lot on the car with setup and all. Learned a lot too. But now, I don't even need to check the settings. I just clean the car (unlike somebody who uses Photoshop filters !
) from weekend to weekend racing with little maitenance here and there. The settings still stay true after a few hard races.
11-21-2003 | 01:15 AM
#1175
Tech Addict
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 536
From: Planet earth
Fuel tank
Originally posted by InitialD
Ummm, perhaps but with the G4, almost everybody has the fuel pickup problem. I don't know how Josh Cyrul solves his but a lot of guys change their tanks to a different one and the fuel problem miraculously went away... Sounds like another NTC3 tank problem to me !
Ummm, perhaps but with the G4, almost everybody has the fuel pickup problem. I don't know how Josh Cyrul solves his but a lot of guys change their tanks to a different one and the fuel problem miraculously went away... Sounds like another NTC3 tank problem to me !
11-21-2003 | 06:57 AM
#1176
Re: Re: Re: New pinions and spurs
Originally posted by Fernando_M
I guess the question is if (for example) using 15/50 with coarse pitch is the same as using 30/100 with finer pitch. In both cases the relation is 3.33. In other words, Does the smaller teeth have any intrinsic advantage over the bigger ones?
I guess the question is if (for example) using 15/50 with coarse pitch is the same as using 30/100 with finer pitch. In both cases the relation is 3.33. In other words, Does the smaller teeth have any intrinsic advantage over the bigger ones?
is that you can make finer adjustments on gearing for example
jumping 1pinion larger on the new gears will be less than
if you were to change 1pinion larger on the older gears.
Will the new car have ackerman options?
11-21-2003 | 07:49 AM
#1178
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 9,295
From: Chicago Illinois USA
Originally posted by ammdrew
rookie you should come to winternats.. you would really enjoy.. i would bing 40 and 42 shore tires and a reliable motor.. it is probably one of the funnest tracks I have ever raced......
rookie you should come to winternats.. you would really enjoy.. i would bing 40 and 42 shore tires and a reliable motor.. it is probably one of the funnest tracks I have ever raced......
I wish I can fly to Florida and join you guys and learn.....4 years of training and I am sure I am up to the National (well, make it to C-D main is pretty good for me)...but wife and daughter probably won't let me do that unless I leave them all my credit cards to my wife, which is NOT the best scene to see at all.....but never say never, if I cannot race, I can still fly there to WATCH and say Hi to you guys.
Glad to join the snake camp again..........
11-21-2003 | 08:29 AM
#1180
Tech Master
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,063
From: Amsterdam Netherlands
Re: Re: Re: Re: New pinions and spurs
Originally posted by jwf_frani
Will the new car have ackerman options?
Will the new car have ackerman options?
No there is only one ackerman position. We tried different positions and felt the difference was too small to make different options. On the 950 for example the team drivers hardly ever change the ackerman.
11-21-2003 | 09:43 AM
#1185
Tech Regular
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 277
From: Hong Kong
hmmm
Julius, You mentioned on your article that 705 felt like a piece of shit when it wasn't set correctly, and that the sweetspot was small.... so why did serpent release the car? You mentioned that the 710 was tested by many people of different driving level. Well, did 705 go through the same kind of testing? If so, did those less experienced drivers complain about how difficult to get a good set up? If so, what did serpent do to fix the problem? And was the problem fixed before the 705 was released?
I understand that the low inertia new centax III was designed before the release of 705, so why wasn't it included in the 705?
On your article, you also mentioned that the improvement over the impluse on the 705 was the FC and new tank design. Well I can see the tank as standard.. but why is the FC NOT standard?
The bottom line is, WHY releasing the 705 when serpent could simply release conversion/hop up parts? Also when a new/better design was clearly on its way!?
Would serpent release a car with mediocre parts/design when they knew they clearly had something better in the bag?
Julius, You mentioned on your article that 705 felt like a piece of shit when it wasn't set correctly, and that the sweetspot was small.... so why did serpent release the car?
You mentioned that the 710 was tested by many people of different driving level. Well, did 705 go through the same kind of testing? If so, did those less experienced drivers complain about how difficult to get a good set up? If so, what did serpent do to fix the problem? And was the problem fixed before the 705 was released?I understand that the low inertia new centax III was designed before the release of 705, so why wasn't it included in the 705?
On your article, you also mentioned that the improvement over the impluse on the 705 was the FC and new tank design. Well I can see the tank as standard.. but why is the FC NOT standard?
The bottom line is, WHY releasing the 705 when serpent could simply release conversion/hop up parts? Also when a new/better design was clearly on its way!?
Would serpent release a car with mediocre parts/design when they knew they clearly had something better in the bag?