My ebay purchase

Well after a few misses on e-bay, I settled for this kit. It's probably not the most common of kit, but came with a pile of NIP spare parts and a lot of generic parts from other cars will also fit apparently.

It is a Serpent S400.

As you can see it resembles your general XRay, Cyclone, 415 etc two belt setup so there is nothing too unusual but thought you would like to have a little look.

It's been used indoors on carpet and needed a good clean (which I have done now) since it had a lot of carpet fluff all through it. Rebuilt the CV and diffs etc.










Still a bit of work for me. I need to replace a few bearings that I found during my clean up that are not too good, new spur gear (I don't have any 64p pinions anyway), a body to paint (thank's Vinesh!) and electronics to install.
Then we'll be ready to roll....

Nice purchase there Greg!

Looks very sweet, and in very good condition!

YOU SNEAKY GREG! This kit is awesome! Serpent is known for their nitro and are expensive.
Cant wait to see it in action!

it doesnt look used greg, its brand new!
how much did you get it?

everything looks good.. the gears doesnt come with covers?
all your rotating parts are exposed..
we should clean up area2, bring a broom

Reminds me of the Xray chassis.

@Jay
Most (if not all) high-end BD CF chassis have the same design, exposed gears.
Nothing really bad unless you plan to use it offroad. hehe.

=)

i see....
mines got one and still i encounter problems with pebbles..
maybe im using it off-road lol

now i really have to fix my kit.. andy and greg!
when are you planning to bring your new kits at area2?

Pebble-magnet? =P

Maybe it's because of the enclosed gears that you're having the problem.
The pebbles that get cause in don't have any where else to fly off.
So they starting jumping around inside, and end up in between the gear.

Possible theory?

Wow....
That certainly is a bang for your buck sir Greg.

=)

thats a damn good deal Greg!

serious bonus on all the spares, looks like you can almost rebuild the car!

looking forward to seeing it in action!

.j0sh wrote:

Pebble-magnet? =P

Maybe it's because of the enclosed gears that you're having the problem.
The pebbles that get cause in don't have any where else to fly off.
So they starting jumping around inside, and end up in between the gear.

Possible theory?

i can always remove the gear covers josh.. you think its better?
i see evo users that run on carpets remove them.. hmm
maybe i should try and see.

@greg thats a lot of free spare goodies!
for 1k i think its all worth it!

wanna spice up your kit! check the handling of this beast when set up properly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbcozsFUgU&feature=related

altimeters wrote:

now i really have to fix my kit.. andy and greg!
when are you planning to bring your new kits at area2?

I think it will still be a couple of weeks for me.
I've just ordered some spur and pinion gears, 2.4ghz receiver and few other bits and bobs. Most other electronics are sorted or on route, don't know where I'm going to get a silver can from though?

Thats a lot of stuff Greg! you can build another kit with those!

silvercan, theres a lot in stock at T&us the last time i was there, 40 or 50aed i think.
you should finish setting it up in time for our al ain trip

cool, that looks like a pretty good setup.

I am not sure where silvercans are available, I dont believe there are any at T&U, I was looking there a while back. Maybe we should order some.....lol

Get that thing up and running!

cathurga wrote:

cool, that looks like a pretty good setup.

I am not sure where silvercans are available, I dont believe there are any at T&U, I was looking there a while back. Maybe we should order some.....lol

Get that thing up and running!

I haven't checked the LHS, but A-Main and RC Mart do not have them in stock. They must be so popular!?! Worldwide shortage lol

its like the time when all the tamiya black ps paints was out of stock lol
and everyones got a new shell for their dubdrift team shell.. good thing i have leftovers

like my perilous pickup, all leftover paints lol

altimeters wrote:

i can always remove the gear covers josh.. you think its better?
i see evo users that run on carpets remove them.. hmm
maybe i should try and see.!

It's worth a try master Jay. =)

Gerg, I will have a look see if I have any spare kit motors....I think I am all out though...

gerg wrote:

I haven't checked the LHS, but A-Main and RC Mart do not have them in stock. They must be so popular!?! Worldwide shortage lol

I'm getting my new kit at Saturday's DM. It comes with the Silvercan..It's never been used.
PM me if you want it, along with the price

AdBull.

nice kit Bro!!!! alot of freebies also hehehe...it would be sick to see this car drift

@josh i just removed them just now.. looks better with the gears exposed hehe

@greg when you were running off-road with the exposed gears.. was it belt driven or shaft?
cause im thinking that if a pebble got into those belt drive gears, the belt would just stretch out to make way for it and therefore doesnt damage the gears. while on a shaft there wont be any room to make way for the pebbles, the gears are fixed solid to each other.

anyway will see tomorrow.. count me in on GT andy!

Well after a looooong time getting sorted I'm finally ready to try it out.
Maybe tomorrow I'll drop past the track to see if it all works.








Just in time for the big race............hope it all works.

Nice....!!! Look out MOD class...