Had the opportunity to drive this a couple of days ago. Wonderful machine 🙏

So happy with the performance & price of this RTR RC! I also have Cobra 811te RTR (modified) and it's hands down my favorite RC! The diffs are incredible....2 years running 811te and finally time for rebuild (after learning to properly shim & hard bashing) great video man!

@ParkflyersRC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for FEEDBACK !!

Serpent makes a tough car i have an 811b that ive wrecked terribly and it always comes back for more

Serpent has always been a quality product.

@ParkflyersRC

Жыл бұрын

Yep

Just purchased mine 👍🏼 I also have 2 RTR truggies and 2 1/10 buggies Serpent is badass i highly recommend

@ParkflyersRC

3 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

I have all both srx8 kit buggys, and a srx8te trugggy and i choose serpent over any other brand. Nice video, #🐍serpentcomeback

Looks nice. Do you still plan to make a video running at the track?

Cool looking buggy! I always wanted the 1/8 Cobra Be but they were out of stock all the time. Guess this one replaced it. Please correct me if I'm wrong, if I Remember correctly from Serpents website, I think most of their cars are made in China for quite some time now. Nonetheless, my most recent Serpent Buggy still screams quality but slightly different feel than their older onroad stuff.

@jcchaconjr

9 ай бұрын

Yes, Serpent has been headquartered in China, but it is very much an International effort. Michael Salven still leads Design and Development of the On-Road Nitro, and the entire Off-Road lineup (SRX-8, including the on-road GT variant, SRX2 and SRX4 Spyders) were designed and developed by Billy Easton. They also recently hired a former engineer from Yokomo to continue development of their 1/10th on-road touring cars. I have to agree with the assessment that Serpent does have quality products - I own their 1/10th On-road cars (X20 '21, X20 '23, and 750 EVO), and the quality of the components is there. What they are lacking at the moment is the marketing muscle and a very small stable of driving talent, compared to some of the other companies on the market. That of course, hurts their competitiveness here in the US.

HoBao Hyper VS2 is at a very high standard of quality of CNC 7075 , and it's handling is still sublime . For the SERPENT to run 6S , you still need the 150 amp hobbywing ESC . they come standard with deans because they are only running 3 or 4S out of the box .

@VestedUTuber

5 ай бұрын

The Hyper VS2 is a good option as well, only thing is that it's a bit outdated, HoBao hasn't come out with a new platform since OFNA went under. That shouldn't matter too much unless you're racing at national-level events, though, and if you are you probably should be running a kit, not an RTR.

Hello my friend this is definitely in my price range probably below it. Money is no issue for my new rc to get back into the hobby but my question is what is your opinion about the serpent truggy I noticed it's like close to 700 bucks US. Is it worth the price since you seem to be very knowledgeable with this brand.

Ottima qualità!

Nice video. Is the COBRA sticker included or does that come with the pro (kit) version only?

@ParkflyersRC

Жыл бұрын

Its Included

What about parts available?

I was looking at picking up one of these I am in the US so I know parts are sometimes hard to get with the other brand I enjoy kyosho their parts are hard to get as well. I'm not a racer nor really a basher I like to have just fun with my friends I don't do any crazy flying through the air jumps I take good care of my stuff. Be killed show I'm looking at is their entry level ve 3.0 they're only about $30 difference. Which one would you pick based on what I told you I plan on doing with it I do have a local track but I don't race so I will take it over to that track and sometimes but local dirt bicycle tracks as well. Sorry for the long answer question I mean that I'm pretty particular when it comes to spending my heart and money. I've had Kyosho inferno 9 and it was recently stolen. But I don't have tons of extra kyosho parts laying around so purchasing the kyosho when that benefit me in that capacity the ve 3.0 looks quite a bit more cheaply made than this car it's not kyosho's top end for sure any help would be appreciated

@ianjohnhorwood2605

8 ай бұрын

better off buying a HoBao Hyper VS2 , choice of 100 amp ESC version , or the 150 amp ESC VERSION , best made quality materials RTR 1/8 buggy currently on the market .

What is the max size battery that fits? Your video conviced to buy it..and i did receive one today

@VestedUTuber

5 ай бұрын

It'll take up to 6S but it needs a 1/8th saddle pack.

120a esc with 6s?

I bought this just weeks ago after 2 years of hiatus from rc. I'm not really into racing but there's few community tracks around my area so I wanted a car that can be moderately bashed at my backyard but also doesn't embarrass me on track. For the price, this is wayyy better than Traxxas Rally that I owned previously while being only slightly more expensive. My only complaints are related to the stock esc. The switch is not really waterproof as I had it wet by water splashing for 2 times and they're not working anymore (doesn't register throttle and Set button not working). The program card is hard to find here and there's no support for HV servo. No big deal, instead of repairing the switch,I replaced it with hobbywing max8 that comes with program card out of the box. I can't really comment on how it perform on track but after about 3 hours of running on track and done some adjustment, I'm a lot more comfortable to drive the car fast with more precision on track compared to my Traxxas Rally before. Besides, being a beginner, the ability to run saddle layout with 2 set of 2s lipo instead of 1 big 4s lipo is very good considering I can use the same battery for my small 2s basher car. So hopefully more beginner will take notice of this car as I watched a few reviews on TLR Typhon where a lot of reviews said it's a good entry point for racing but after bought the Serpent, I think it's a more sensible choice.

@ParkflyersRC

Жыл бұрын

Buggy is incredible.

Compared to a typhon 3s this var is way less powerful. Running on 4s and stock 14t pinion, the top speed is 37mph. Its a lot harder to find spare parts. Its not as durable. It is a better track machine. But you are very wrong to compare it against the typhon 6s 😅. The best 1/8 rtr is by far the kyosho mp10e readyset. It's better than the serpent in every possible way..

Great reveiw of the serpent rtr ebuggy. I run the pro ebuggy, and evo nitro buggy. Also I have a highly moded 811 t Te electric truggy. Stop by my channel and check it out! Serpent's are very high quality.

the stock shock towers on the SERPENT suck , because they are weak and bend if come off a jump wrong and land on the front shocks . That's why the new HoBao Hyper VS2 is a better RC race buggy , it has thick CNC machined 7075 alloy parts .

@VestedUTuber

5 ай бұрын

If you're landing bad enough to destroy the shock towers on a 1/8th scale buggy frequently enough that it's an issue you probably should take some time off of actively racing to practice air control. I have had multiple cars from different brands and never had issues with shock towers breaking from landing on the lid. Not even on an original release Duratrax Evader, and Duratrax was notorious for their plastic composites being brittle.

Talks crap about how much better the dual 2S style battery trays are than a single 4S pack for weight distribution and when not... Serpent SRX8E pro comes out with a single 4S pack layout as the primary option lmao. P.s. Authentic Dean's connectors are probably the lowest resistance to weight connectors on the rc market. Fantom racing "the battery and motor company" actually tested the difference between 5 mm bullet plugs and extremely short wires coming out of a battery pack with a Dean's plug. The Dean's plug had lower resistance numbers and was better for stock or spec class racing.

@ParkflyersRC

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words. And you seem like a really nice person.

Chique carro 🚗 buggy 🦾🥰🤙🏼🤛🏼

Why people actually keep buying so much ARRMA, when there are so many diff issues??!

@VestedUTuber

5 ай бұрын

It's because apart from the diffs, for bashing the only thing more durable than an ARRMA is a Tekno, but Tekno doesn't make an RTR. Also, I question whether the issue with ARRMA's diffs is entirely the car's fault, the people who buy those tend to like to send their cars off massive jumps and don't always realize that a heavy car landing on throttle is probably going to mess up the car.

It's sad that anybody would bring a car into a hobby shop to have a differential rebuilt. That's what happens when there's so many RTR's out there. People don't know how to work on their own stuff. When I was a kid doing this in the late 80's, if you couldn't build a kit, you were either out of luck or your going to buy yourself a Golden Arrow at Radio Shack.

The xrs8r rtr is not strong as the sworkz Apollo rtr.i have a xrs8e rtr and I upgrade the pinion gear to 16 t but still slower than the sworkz Apollo rtr .sigh.

@VestedUTuber

5 ай бұрын

The motor in the SRX8-E RTR is a 1900kv motor, the Apollo comes with a 2050kv motor. If you want more speed you'll have to put in a more powerful motor, that being said the ESC on the SRX8-E is beefier than the one in the Apollo so you can probably go up to a 2350kv.

@van_r2222

5 ай бұрын

@@VestedUTuber do u means that the serpent RTR esc is good enought ?

@VestedUTuber

5 ай бұрын

@@van_r2222 I mean it can handle a higher current draw. It's rated at 120 amps vs 100 amps for the Apollo's. In turn that means it should be able to handle a beefier motor, within reason.

@van_r2222

5 ай бұрын

@@VestedUTuber tq

You sir, are very bad for my wallet, i bought Kraton 6S EXB because of you, and now I'm drooling over this because i dont have a buggy in my collection. The price is almost too good to be true.

Why are you comparing this to a basher? It like comparing a Corvette to a Silverado. Why wouldn’t you compare it to another race style buggy, like a Losi or a AE or anything besides a Typhon.

@ParkflyersRC

Жыл бұрын

Good Point !! However since those other companies don't make anything RTR under 500, I felt Tyhpon reference was on point.

@rongould112

Жыл бұрын

@@ParkflyersRC He's talking of the Arrma Typhon TLR. (team losi racing) lt's Arrma's race roller.