Serpent 966-E BL 1/8th scale on road chassis

Serpent has announced that they have developed the first purpose made 1/8 scale electric on road car. Based on the highly successful Serpent 966 platform, sharing its main components, but the center section is completely different and is reserved for the electric components. It features a purpose designed nylon bracket / holder for all components, such as the 2 pairs of saddle packs, the speedo and the receiver. The large high power brushless motor is securely mounted on a sturdy aluminium motor plate between the rear 2-speed bracket and the aluminum radio plate support and all elements have been positioned in such a way that an optimal weight balance of the car is maintained. The release date is expected to be mid December 2009. Serpent will also offer a conversion set, to change your 960 or 966 into a full blown electric racer.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

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Comments

1. Maurice - November 24th, 2009 at 18:01

Awesome, all we need now is a classic 2wd chassis from serpent

2. matt lynch - November 24th, 2009 at 19:32

at last!, well done serpent, i might just get a 1/8 on road chassis now , cleaner ,quieter and slightly cheaper to run.

3. ralph - November 24th, 2009 at 22:00

WOW I bet the electric version will be way faster with a brushless sysytem than the nitro set up. I dont know about cheaper though between batteries, chargers and how fast technology updates with electronics its gonna be expensive to keep up with the joneses lol

4. nitro junkie - November 24th, 2009 at 22:10

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5. matt - November 24th, 2009 at 22:53

oh yes

6. Ruben - November 25th, 2009 at 08:28

Well, it was to be expected at some point….

I just hope ppl don’t give up on nitro and at least try to keep things with permits going…..

7. devious17 - November 25th, 2009 at 10:21

Now that the 966 has an EP version I wonder if Serpent will also make a CF chassis for the 966 EP 1/8 ? that would be even cooler.

8. jojo the majo - November 25th, 2009 at 13:50

I’d rather going nitro, though.

9. nitro junkie - November 25th, 2009 at 22:21

nitro = king

10. CaioGTi - November 27th, 2009 at 13:39

“Electric is the Future”

11. Stefan - November 27th, 2009 at 18:03

A group of nitros sounds like F1 … a group of electrics sounds like bees … horrible. ;-)

12. Stefan - November 27th, 2009 at 18:06

What a luck I have my old Kyosho Fantom 2001 with the steering servo pretty much in the front so I simply can mount 2x2s or 2x3s lipos … but this would be a blame on a prestigeous 1/8th onroad chassis … lol