Serpent now offers an electric version of their popular Cobra 1/8 on-road car that is packed with great features like anti roll bars, 4.5mm thick carbon shock towers, 16mm big bore shocks and more. Check out all the features below:
Serpent Cobra on-road 1/8 scale GT car, electric powered version. Based on the Cobra platform, designed to perform on asphalt tracks. High end racing chassis with 7075-T6 alu chassis, carbon fiber shock towers, durable spring-steel drivetrain, 3 gear diffs, low longitudinal battery-boxes, captured foam bumper, the works. To complete needs: motor, speedo, wheels/tires, body and electronics.
Features:
Chassis plate
Chassis plate in 3mm 7075 T6 aluminum , with machined pockets to create flex and or make lighter. Kick-up angle on front as need due to the race-rules. Countersunk holes. Slots to locate the front and rear suspension mounts precisely. Angled sides to increase stiffness. Laser engraved Cobra GT logo.
Bumper
Captured foam bumper set, with wide foam bumper and strong upper and lower bumper-plate.
Chassis stiffeners
Composite stiffener front and rear, to give extra stiffness, but still allow some flex as needed.
Central radio / servo mount
Composite radio box which offers space for the up-right steering-servo, the receiver and sufficient space for the speed-controller. The whole assembly including linkages can be taken off easily and fast in one go, when cleaning the car, or doing maintenance.
Battery-cases / side guards
The main eye catchers are the extremely low laydown longitudinal placed battery-packs at each side of the car, being part of the side-guards, securely fastened with a flip-lid, for easy and fast battery changes. The weight low in the car and in the right position, well balanced. The Lipo holders comply with ROAR legal packs / dimensions.
Servo arms and linkages
The servo arms have a splined insert to have the right fit per brand. The linkages runs very clean and tight and are easy to access to modify settings.
Suspension brackets
Beautifully machined 7065 T6 suspension brackets in anodized, laser engraved. Precision fit for the nylon roll center inserts and pivot balls / pins.
Steering blocks assembly
Composite steering blocks combined with 10 dgr C-hubs for precise steering. Spring steel wheel-axles with large size bearings and larger inner with precision threaded aluminum wheel-hubs with offset . Flanged and serrated wheel nuts to guarantee that you will not lose a wheel nut in a race.
Front suspension
Durable oversized lower suspension arms in strong composite nylon. On the lower side the special down stops screws are mounted. The lower shock-mounting pins are secured with a small grubscrew from the bottom.
Front anti-roll bar
The balanced front anti-roll bar system, consist of a spring steel bend wire, which is guided through the diff-cases and run in balanced steel adaptors. The wire is linked to the lower suspension arm, with a captured adjustable threaded pivot ball, for very precise and low friction operation.
Shock tower and body mounts front
4.5mm thick carbon shock tower with 5 upper positioning holes for the shocks and 6 holes for roll-center positions. 1 centrally located adjustable body mount , and 2 forward mounted adjustable body mounts, all with flip-tops.
Angled steering system / servo saver
The bell cranks are angled to reduce the angle of difference between the total caster and steering plane. Therefore you will have less bump steer and a truer steering Ackerman through the entire range of suspension
Ackerman plates
With the design of the steering bell cranks when changing the Ackerman you will not need to adjust your steering tie rods. You simply will only need to adjust your end points on your radio..
Rear suspension arms
Durable oversized lower suspension arms in strong composite nylon. On the lower side the special down stops screws are mounted. The lower shock-mounting pins are secured with a small grubscrew from the bottom.
Rear uprights assembly
Composite uprights with 3 upper roll-center positions. Strong steel track-rods with L/R threading and strong ball joints to pre-set camber. Spring steel wheel-axles with large size bearings and larger inner with precision threaded aluminum wheel-hubs with offset. Rubber dustcovers in the rear to protect the cvd system and keep the lubrication inside. Flanged and serrated wheel nuts to guarantee that you will not lose a wheel nut in a race.
Rear anti-roll bar
The balanced front anti-roll bar system, consist of a spring steel bend wire, which is guided through the diff-cases and runs in balanced steel adaptors. The wire is linked to the lower suspension arm, with a captured adjustable threaded pivot ball, for very precise and low friction operation.
Shock tower rear
4.5mm thick carbon shock tower, integrated into the rear section for extra stiffness, with 5 upper positioning holes for the shocks and 6 holes for roll-center positions.
Wing mount and body mounts rear
Composite rear wing, with strong nylon adjustable rear body mounts on wide body-support bridge located far enough to the rear, to support the bodies in best way.
Captured pivot pins and balls and bolted hinge pins
All spring-steel hinge pins are either captured or bolted in place and made in spring-steel quality. This insures your chances to finish an hour long main event, while battling for the lead. This relieves stress on the hinge pin when adjusting the kick up, or anti squat. Your pin is free to rotate to any angle without binding.
Shock absorbers big-bore 16mm
Hard Teflon coated threaded shock bodies shock bodies with 4mm shock-rods.. Black anodized aluminum screw on shock-tops with Serpent laser engraving. Pre-load adjusters with o-rings inside. Shocks use large diameter membranes and large diameter o-rings and bushings to create a super smooth and leak-proof package. Large diameter pistons are held in place by a nut on the polished shock-rods tops. Open type spring retainer to let dirt out easy.
RCM shock springs
Short type color-coded shock springs are supplied for the 1st standard set-up Springs are grinded flat top and bottom, and checked individually for tension and length.
Compact gear differentials
Very compact gear differentials with very smooth metal sintered gears, and steel shaft. Perfect sealing case with special gasket and o-rings. Very light and durable outdrive cups in spring-steel. Hardened spring-steel diff-coupler 10T with connector running in 2 oversized bearings.
Front and rear cvd-sets
Both front and rear captured drive shafts are being used with CVD system. Durable yet light spring steel engraved drive shafts with hard steel pins.
Spring steel transmission parts
The front and rear thin but strong spring steel carbon shafts connect the differentials with the gearbox section.
Motor mount
Machined 7075 T6 aluminum motor-mount with one-screw fixation and easy slider system. Flex-free and very strong motor mount. The space for the motor allows a maximum motor-length of 68mm, which covers most widely used motors.
Oils and grease
The shock-oil, diff oil and some grease is supplied to meet the standard set-up.
Manual and set-up
Full color manual with easy to follow assembly steps, exploded views for easy spares ordering, a blank and standard set-up sheet for a good start set-up.
Decals
Black and white promo body-decals ; Serpent generic and Cobra GT ones.
Packing
Parts are packed according to the steps explained in the manual.
Service and Support
The Serpent distributor, dealer or agent is your source for more info, but also the Serpent website and the member section and the YouTube channel provides lots of information.
Needed to complete the car
- Radio and receiver
- Lipo packs
- Motor and speedo
- Wheels and tires
- Body and wing
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Release end august 2012.
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