Congratulations.

You

arenowtheownerofthemostadvanced

liS-scale

on-roadgasmodelracing

careverproduced.TheVector

was

engineered

usingsophisticated

computerdesign

equipment,anditrepresentseverything

Serpenthas

learnedaboutmodelgascarsinthelast20years.

TheVectorisno

ordinary

car,andthisisno

ordinary

instructionmanual.You

holdinyour

handswhatwe

justifiably

feelisthebestmanualmadetodate.Barnone.

Wehave

used

perfectly-accurate

computer-rendered

images

topresentthebuildingsteps.Using

thecomputer

images

hasallowed

ustoprovideclarifyingcut-away

views

thathelpexplaincomplicated

assemblysteps.Theseviews

would

bealmostimpossible

torender

usingconventional

drawingmethods.Mostassemblystepsareexplained

usingnumbersforeasyreadability,butwhere

necessary

wehave

madeclarifications

intext(allthelittle

racertricks

tobuild

aperfectcarareinhere).And,perhapsmost

impressively,wehave

printedthemanualinbrilliant

fullcolor.

Thecolorsarenotmerelyforappearance

sake.

Wehavecarefully

chosen

thecoloringsothatithelpsyou

understand

whatistaking

placeinanyparticularstep.

Ifyouarehaving

difficulty

understand

astep,youshould

beabletofigureoutwhatistaking

placesimplybylooking

atthephotobeforeand/orafterthestep

-thecolorsand

relativepositions

ofthedifferent

parts

willprobablybe

enough

toclearthings

up.

Alltheassemblystepshave

largeexploded-view

drawings.

Eachpartisidentifiedandallthe

hardware(screws,nuts,

bearings,etc.)canbecomparedtothefold-out

fullsize

pictures

forquickandeasyconfirmation.

Westrongly

recommendthatyouusethismanualtogether

with

theVectorTech

Book-the

100-page,200+

photo

technicalguideforthecar.TheTech

Bookpresentsallthe

information

youneedtotune

theVectorformaximum

performance

afterconstruction

iscomplete.

Atcertain

pointswhilebuilding,

youmayfindithelpfulorinteresting

torefertotherelevantTech

Bookpage.

~Atthesepointswehave

included

asmallicon:\bl

Thelower

numberinpurplereferstotherelevantpage

you

shouldturntointheTech

Book.Weshouldstressthatitis

notabsolutely

necessarytorefertotheTech

Bookatthese

points.Ifyouprefer,youcansimplyproceedaheadinthe

construction

andthen,onceyourcarisassembled,referto

theTech

Bookforfinalset-upofthecar.

If,despite

allourefforts,youhave

anydifficulties

orquestions,weencourageyoutovisitour

TSNweb

site(http://www.serpent.coml,

orcontactusby

mail,phone,faxore-mail.

Wethankyouforracing

with

theVectorandarecertainit

willgive

youmanyhoursofrealracing

excitement.

1• REAR END, part I

2. REAR END, part ••

3. REAR END, part III

4. TWO SPEED - ROLL BAR

5. FRONT END, part I

6. FRONT END, part ••

7. SHOCK ABSORBERS

8. CENTAX CLUTCH

9. SERVO LINKAGE

10. FINAL ASSEMBLY

1.REAREND,partI

(Rearaxle-Brakeassembly-Twospeedshaft)

8811

~ l'

909306

1351,83

~909360,P3

I

/~

:.=_~~:+-

---:::::--=

'::::::::::-1-//

9611

i!(

./ /.

I,/

--~~-

---______

.9621

!iIr---------~~-~__i~---.l'

9602

il'

------=-1

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L-

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909373

909370

//

1351'IB3

---'

'~ 909236,P1

909361,P4

1/ II

I C3 1322,82

II

i'

,I )

1.1.1

Gluebrakepads

tothesteel

plates

with

quickCA/super

glue.

Scratch

thesteelwith

lightsandpaper

before

glueingtostrengthen

bonding.

1.5.2

Note

orientationof

brakeventilator.

1.5.1

Tightenset-

./

screwontoshaft's

flat7.

/...~.

/---'

,/'

,/

~

/":?V

.~

.•.

0

1.2.1

Pushpins

inuntilforwardend

isflush

with

chas-

sis-bottom

1.2.2

Push

pins

inuntil

8 T

2.REAREND,partII

(Suspension-Uprights)

6337 I -I

8B12

808312

~909308

~8B14

1646

________

909310

PR1

-8B21

909309

/8B21/

2.1.1

Usedto

adjusttherear

downstop

point.

2.2.1Use

this

~holetopush

the

upperpinout.

2.3.1Notepositionofbolt

tocock

wishboneon

pin

2.6.1Important:

Lubricatethedriveshaftends

with

aheavygrease

orgraphite

spray,before

insert-

ing.

~/2.7.1

Screw

thisin

~,

~untiltheupperarmsnaps

.-around

thebailorpress.

.Ithem

intotheupperarms"'-

,usingavise

anda

1~

smallsocket

".,.

2.6.2Theseballs

adjusttoe-inand

elevated

camber.

TB ~

2.4.2Adjusttominimum

play

with

theplugs,butmain-

tainthefree-movementofthe

pivot-balls.

2.4.1Sometimes

smallpieces

ofplastic

('flashing')canremain

intheseholes.

Removethem

with

tweezers.

COMPLETE

ASSEMBLY

1

3.REAREND,partIII

(Anti-roilbar-bodymount)

SB15

909341

909344

~tC2

{')7/

~Ii

r)

1646~

/----

Rod

B/

I

_._~q~33~~~

909342

,

;-.'\909345

I-\~

\

SB6

.~~

~

@ ®~m:E

« 1&1U)

"0 U)fi. CI:1&1~1&1

« .I~

"0 :E0a:: -~- ~ ~ 0~ I~~-~-~-~ " -~- (,)- I" ii

~---./"

® ®

®~

®,!

EOJ E"'C co0 <.00:::

jc 1g

-41__

Tools(optional):l

909595

(geargr-ipper)

909596

(gear=nutwrench)

1320,B1

9635

SB~s2~"

(~~

~\i

•~Y:rr

./

o~.

./

\-~

(.

e--(

/'":>_-.:'----

909644

(44T~/

--

.,~)

_-

909645

(45:6

//:;7-§~--~:.0

909646;(ftT)

<-r-----

'tvJ.'J--

;'(,(

/'

6647--~~;---

-~//

:{~~ 6628

-C4

9634

EXPLODED

VIEW1

9647

(47T)

9648

(48T)

9649

(49T)

4.2.1

Besureyou

have

assembled

the

two-speedas

shown

inthisclarifyingcut-

away

photo

4.2.2

Startwith

the

sprung

screws

positionedat

thisleveland

adjustlaterat

thetrack.

4.6.1

Adjustthepressure

onthebolts-with-balls:Unscrew

bothbolts

sothattheshoesarepulledtogether

bythespring

screws.Theblacksecond

gearshouldspinfreely.Turnone

bolt-with-ballinandkeep

checking

thefreespinofthegear.

Stopscrewinginatthepointwhenthegearcannotlonger

spinfreely(theshoe

isagainstthehousing),then

turnthe

boltoutslightlysothegearcanJUSTspinfreely.

Repeattheprocedurewith

thesecond

boltwith

ball.

4.3.2

Clock-

wisethread

s.FRONTEND,partI

(Axle-Bearingblocks-Midshaft)

9092019212

_///

1351,83

//'

6361

'_/'

/909225

I

I~

('-,Jo,

-'-'

'f''",~

909250

I

1322,82

808250

(STANDARD)

808251

(OPT:

ALUMINIUM)

909244

(24T)

909245

(25T)

909110 ~ /

5.1.1

Notethe

concaved

ringand

itsorientation.

5.2.2Lubricateone-

way

bearings

with

alight,non-sticking

oil

5.2.1

TheO-ring

mustseatintothe

groove

ontheaxle

5.6.1

Thiscanbe

used

toadjustoverdrive

ratio.Startwith

thestan-

dard25-toothgear

5.6.2

Don'ttight-

entheallen-screws

yet.Turnthernin

foronly2-3strokes

I!!J .~

5.7.1

Tightenthe@ 5.7

set-screwsontothe

mid-shaft'sflats.

5.2.2Lubricateone-

way

bearings

with

alight,non-slicking

oil

5.2.1

TheO-ring

mustseatintothe

groove

ontheaxle

5.6.1

Thiscanbe

used

toadjustoverdrive

ratio.Startwith

thestan-

dard25-toothgear

5.6.2

Don'ttight-

entheallen-screws

yet.Turnthem

inforonly2-3strokes

~.TB

.~

5.7.1

Tightenthe@ 5.7

set-screwsontothe

mid-shaft'sflats.

6.FRONTEND,partII

(Suspension-Steeringblocks-Finalizing)

P1

808344

808340

808346

909208

, II1351,B3

909222

I .I

1351,B3

I909207 I

9225

9226

(alu.opt.)

909203

--8B4

~909205

6.1.1

Usedtoadjust

@f

tdt

~6,.1,

ron

own-sops.

~

O'

8B11

6.5.1

Sometimes

smallpieces

ofnylon

("flashing")can

remainintheseholes.

Removethem

with

tweezers

909217

909120

.~r

I

909216

909215 8B7

,t

.:-¥

.i"

.-....J'

6.6.1

Important:

Lubricatethedrive-

shaft-endswith

aheavy

grease

orgraphite

spraybefore

inserting

6.6.2

Theseballs

adjust

fronttrack

width

andcamber.

~ ~

6.4.1

Important:left-

~side

steeringblock

has

~thesesmallcircles.

Right-sidedoes

not

/C1

./.--\.~

6430

////

\9410

\:~'~'<'

'__'-

9411

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J

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j',\

/C2

\ji-

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\"-,_,!/

/6422

\'V-,~

6412

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~,-'

./

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\.4/

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\\. '\

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\\

\\-~

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6433 \ \

REA~R\

\

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SB7

.-'-'-~\-'-'

,.

/).

.,J~"

\;',-'\'

FRON~~~

6431~~

~,6430~

'7'-""

I'

I I

9403

~9402

,~/

01

"/

"'

''-(

-----

6432~

~,.,\J \

6442

_6441

~

1647

(front)

1646

(rear)

FRONTREAR

909415

Soft

White

0=1.5

L=22.7

L=27

909416

Med.

Yellow

0=1.6

L=22.7

L=27

909417

Hard

Red

0=1.7

L=22.7

L=27

909418

VHard

IBlue

0=1.8

L=22.7

L=27

FIXEDPISTON

(Easyassembly:

assures

equaldampening

between

lef!,

andright-side

shock

absorbers).

yCONTINUETO

7.3

~

7.11.1

Gently

pressthetip

ofthe

oilbottle

againstthe

bladder's

inner

curved

surface

.Swirlthetip

ofthe

bottlewhile

pressing

thebladderdown

intoposition.

Excess

oilwillbe

sqeezed

out.Wipethis

excess

offwith

arag.Thisactionwill

create

aproper

seal

betweent hebladder

andshockbody.

AD~USTABLE

PISTON

(Fastdampening

changes:

Requires

carefulatten-

liontoequalize

left-

andright-side

dampening)

7.7.1

Grip

thehighest

thread

with

wire

cutters

toattach

theball

end.Becareful

nottodamage

thethread.

7.2.1

Note

proper

orienta-

tionofthe

plastic

pieces

c€.~~

7.12.1

Screw

onthe

shockcap.Be

carefulnotto

disturbthe

bladderseal.

7.9.1

Agitate

theoil

bymoving

thepiston

upanddown

severaltimes.

(i~~/

Lightly

oilthreads

topreventa-ring

damage.

?b·O~;~:~~tC?~

~utes

forthe

oil's

airbub-

bles

torise

andburst.

7.14.1

Position

the

/pivotpointsoftherear

shocksbetween

the

twolips.

0--7. 8. 1

Pull

thepiston

out.

Filltheshock

with

oil,just

underfull.

7.10.1

Place

theblad-

derontothe

shocktop.

Thereshould

beenough

oil

intheshock

sothatsome

excess

oil

spillsoutnow.

) ~. r::;T::-ip-:

-=B:-e-;"fo-r-e----,

putting

theblad-

deron

thetop,

placethepiston

abouthalf\lvay

upthecylinder.After

placingtheblad-

der,pulldownthe

piston

sotheseal

getspushed

ontherim.

9095

50

~

8.1.1

Startwith

one

shim

here.Yourengine

may

require

fewer

ormoretoachievethe

right'gap'.See

the

Tech

book

forfullinfo.

8.X.1

ThecompleteCentax

Clutchassembly.

:;r'

;tttj08

A.

'?0

! lI--~

/_'

.,

(1~

_.,.._J

(...'':~\

,."

-~I,'

\.-,,~,

8.1.2

Grip

theflywheel

firmlywith

large

6582

pliersandtighten

thisnutveryfirmly.

.84 1315,85

/90

9550

597

.6577[0"'

,,"",,'"")

.,().

/\"

A~

8.4.1

Veryimpor-

tant:Use

ahigh

grade

thrustbearinggrease

Tool

toassemble

thegearson

thec1utchhous-

ingisavail-

able,#909592

9093

56-

5814

5813

1611

@9.1.1

Insert

9.1.3

The

~~)

\brakelinkage

rodslides

1636

1612

throughbrakelever

throughthis

iI

first,then

assemble

pieceso

Tremaining

pieces

brakes

only

I•

engage

"-whenthe

Irodispulled

1637

9228 ~;

\/ ,

,)l14;471/-

I

~~€)

9.3.1

Insert

@~~~:~oPo

adapterthatfits

yourservobrand,@

Futaba

I;~~b~~oPO

,011:1

8"!

1647---_

~~5814

~

1O.FINALASSEMBLY

(Radioinstallation-FuelTank-Belttensioner-Engine-Exhaust-Tubing-Tire&Wheels)

909130~

(S)=N

otincluded

inthekit.

1311

C3

I909842

(Yellow)

909843

(Grey)

10.1.1

Attach

with

strong

tape,

shrinkwraptubing

orothermeans.

10.2.1

You

mustdrillthese

holestomatch

your

chosen

servos.

10.3.1

Notetheangle

10.4.2

Cut

pieces

7mm

long.

0-.>.-0

Q) OJ•... ro:J ~ 1? c~ ·u~ ·u ~

"r'" o y) •.... c Cii :JN r.f) c 0.- c >."r'"~

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ENGINE,STARTING,DATA-LOGGING

••• •...."

Developed

bySerpent'sleadingracerandengineer,MichaelSalven,

andmanufactured

byNovaRossi,Megaenginesoffertheperfect

combination

ofracing

performance

andmanufacturing

quality.The

SX-21seriesenginesfeatureexclusive5-transfertechnology,not

foundinanyother.21-sizeengine

manufactured

byNovaRossi.

With

the5-transfercrankcasedesign,gasflowisoptimized

for

ultimateperformance.Theavailabilityofboth7-and5-portliners

give

youachoice

ofenhanced

high-end

orbottom-end

torque

characteristics.

SerpentMEGAtunedpipe

systemsaredesigned

especiallyfortheMEGASX-21engines,andfeaturethesmooth

andreliableMasterFixheader/pipejoint.MEGATurboglowplugs

comeinsixheat-gradesandarepacked

inhandyplastic

containers.

With

theultra-light,compact,high-torquelPowerStartyoucan

easilyfireupyourengine

allweekend

long.Overandoveragain.

With

dimensionsofonly1.9kg(4.2Ibs.)and12x10x31cm

(5"x4"x12"),thePowerStartiseasilystored

inyourequipment

cases.Two540-type

motorsandtwo6-cellbattery

packsgive

itoutstanding,

long-lastingperformance.Specialchassisalignment

fixturespositionyourVectorchassisdirectlyovertherubber

startingwheel,giving

youaquickandeasystart.Batterypower

isnotwasted,becausethestarterwheeldoesn'tcontactthechassis.

TheGlow-Tronicignitorisspecially

madetobefittedinside

the

Power-Start.

It'seasilymounted

usingtwoscrews.Thiselectronic

glowplug

ignitorispowered

bythetwo6-cellpacksandadjusts

itselftoanytype

ofglow-plug.

With

Serpent'sunique

DRX-2000miniaturized

dataloggingsystem

andthesophisticated

STARTsoftwarepackage,RCracing

ismore

excitingthan

everbefore.With

thedatalogger

youcanrecordyour

cars'performance

onthetrack,measurecorneringspeeds

straight-

away

speed,engine

temperature,servoangle,andofcourse,

laptimes.Theinformation

yourecordcanthen

beevaluatedin

respecttotheprecisechassisandengine

set-upinformationstored

intheSTARTsoftware.You

canalsodownloadsessions

andset-up

files

fromTSNontheInternet.Thiswillenableyoutocompare

set-ups

andeven

track

performance

byoverlaying

speedcurves.

Makedatalogging

partofyour

hobby.

Don'tleaveyourexperienceonthetrack,take

ithome.

MISCELANEOUS

MATERIALS

(o-rings,shims,c-clips,pins,bearings,screws,bolts,nuts)

O-RINGS:

.

©>01,a-ring,

8x3.1x1.6mm

02,a-ring,

4x6x1mm

03,a-ring,

1x10.8x1.8mm

04,a-ring,

4x12.1x1.6mm

C1,C-clip,4x

1.9mm

C2,C-c1ip,14x

2.3mm

C3,C-clip,2x

4.0mm

C4,C-clip,4x

5,0mm

C5,C-clip,2x

7.0mm

SHIMS: o o o o o PINS: ) r:;:;

;::::::::::::::::::;;::::::l

o

S1,Shim,2x

2.5x6mm

S2,Shim,4x

7x13

mm(thick.01,0.3,0.5mm)

S3,Shim,4x

12x18

mm

S4,Shim,3x

5x7mm

thick0.1,0.3mm

S5,Shim,1x

10x16xO.3mm

P1,Pin,5x

2.5x21.8mm

P2,Pin,2x

3x11.8mm

P3,Pin,3x

2.5x20

mm

P4,Pin,2x

3x16

mm

N1,Nut,2x

nylock,M3

N2,Nut,3x

nylock,M4

B1,Ballbearing,

2x6x10

mm,flanged

SB1,

Bolt,allen,2x

M3x4mm

SB2,

Bolt,allen,

10x

M4x4

mm

B2,Ballbearing,

4x6x13

mm

SB3,

Bolt,allen,

3xM4x6mm

SB4,

Bolt,allen,4x

M4x10

mm

B3,Ballbearing,

12x

12x21mm

••SB5,Screw,Phillips,

2.9x6.4mm,r.h.

••••

SB6,

Screw,Phillips,4x

B4,Ballbearing,

3x2.9x9.5mm,r.h.

5x8mm;flanged

•••

II

,SB7,

Screw,Phillips,2x

ri:i

ai2.9x16

mm,r.h.

B5,Ballbearing,

1x,...

SB8,Screw,Phillips,2x

5x10

mm

3.5x9.5mm,r.h.

0e--

SB9,

Screw,Phillips,2x

4.2x9.5mm,r.h.

B6,Thrust

bearing,

1x

~F4-9

~SB10,Screw,Phillips,

10x

~)

~.t"'tSB11,Screw,Phillips,38x

B7,Ballbearing,

1xt:

3.5x13

mm,c.s.h.

5x8mm

eVT11iT

SB12,Screw,Phillips,2x

;;$::it;;;;

3.9x19

mm,c.s.h.

PF1,PivotPin,2x

3x54

mm

PF2,PivotPin,2x

3x88

mm

PR1;Pivot

Pin,2x

3x46

mm

SB13,Bolt,normal,1x

M2x8mm,f.h.

SB14,Bolt,Phillips,7x

M3x8mm,r.h.

SB15,Bolt,Phillips,8x

M3x12

mm,r.h.

SB16,Bolt,Phillips,7x

M4x12

mm,c.s.h.

SB17,Bolt,Phillips,4x

M5x12

mm,c.s.h.

SB18,Bolt,allen,

1xM3x10

mm

SB19,Bolt,allen,4x

M3x

12mm

SB20,Bolt,allen,

2xM3x16

mm,r.h.

SB21,Bolt,allen,

2xM3x8mm,r.h.

tSB22,Screw,Phillips,8x

•••%.2.9x13

mm,r.h.

SB23,Bolt,normal,2x

M~x

6mm,f.h.

PR2,Pivot

Pin,2x

SCALE1:1

3x64

mm