Serpent 966 braking system details
Serpent have released further details of their soon to be released 1/8th scale chassis, the 966, this time focussing on the cars new braking system. The bracket shown supports the 2-speed shaft on the gearbox side, and together with its left counterpart, make the shaft run 100% true and free. It also supports the ball-raced aluminium hard anodized brake-cam and the spring-loaded brake-assembly which encompass the brake pads that are mounted at the lowest point in the car to keep the centre of gravity at its lowest possible position.
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1. Andy - February 1st, 2009 at 17:05
made from alu = looks like shepherd
old brake system = same shit
2. Stefan - February 1st, 2009 at 17:57
Yep … the Velox is THE innovative and superfast car. But why some companies always have to put their name on each damn f… part? This is not a copy protection at all … just more expensive! But I’m sure that Shepherd has patented their braking system otherwise every company would have been copying it suddenly.
3. Stefan - February 1st, 2009 at 17:59
But the quality seems to be awsome on this one, too ;-)
4. Roelof - February 1st, 2009 at 18:20
The brakesystem on the Velox is just a copy and a further development of the brakesystem from the SMP-Slide
Regarding these parts, a very difficult design and I think the parts are molded which can give quality problems. More aluminium parts does mean loctite, if not then it can go loose and then the tension on the belt is lost….
5. M.B. - February 1st, 2009 at 19:07
Its a nice piece of equipment, and lets not forget that before the Shepard “Standard”, SMP invented the rear brake on the rear pulley with the SMP Slide. And usually form dictates function, just because something may look similar, just means that maybe it is the best way to make something work better. And for one lets all be happy that Serpent is still in buisness as our 1:8 IC Class is not as popular as in the 80′s.
Thank you
6. Jörg Wäldle - February 1st, 2009 at 20:22
Lamberto Collari WORD CHAMPION Kyosho, Andrea Cristiani vice WORLD CAMPION 2007 Serpent 960 old Brake system!!!!???? Brake is brake its just a Modelcar not Formel 1.
7. max_chen - February 2nd, 2009 at 04:30
alum. is good material and more precision.
8. » Blog Archive » Serpent 966 Conversion set - February 3rd, 2009 at 06:45
[...] set also comes with the beautiful looking rear end assembly, which includes the braking system we showed you yesterday. The anodized aluminium rear end keeps everything aligned and perfectly true and makes [...]