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July 17, 2013

Serpent Cobra Ready-to-Race nitro buggy

Available now is Serpent’s latest 1/8th nitro buggy in the form of the Novarossi-powered Cobra RTR. The vehicle comes factory assembled, is based on the competition variant and features a 3-diff shaft drivetrain, 16mm aluminium shock absorbers, front and rear anti-roll bars, aluminium shock towers and full RTR spec including metal gear servos and a 2.4GHz pistol grip radio system. The buggy is powered by a genuine Novarossi pullstart engine and comes with Serpent’s latest Avenger design body shell.

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July 17, 2013

Serpent S411 aluminium option parts

Serpent announce new aluminium option parts for the S411 line of electric touring cars. First up is the V3 motor mount that allows for a wider range of pinions to be used, especially in stock and spec racing classes. Also new are front and rear gear box covers for the S411 with an additional hole for the inner ball stud. The updated version now features three mounting positions for the camber link, it is made from 7075-T6 aluminium and comes grey anodised to match with the lower bulkheads. Designed for the S411 Eryx and all previous versions is the hard-anodised aluminium spool. Included with the solid axle come suitable blades that protect the outdrives. Last but not least come new body height adjusters, multi-piece mounts that consist of a threaded part that is being fixed to the body posts and height adjustable plates for the body to rest on. The parts allow virtually infinite and very precise height adjustment of all 1/10th touring car bodies.

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July 16, 2013

New Serpent shirts and hoodies

Serpent announce new merchandise in the form of shirts and hoodies with redesigned front and back prints. The T-shirts are made from full-cotton material, come in European sizes ranging from S to 3XL and sport the new ‘Splash’ graphic while the hoodie makes use of the regular Serpent logo. The shirts come in orange or black colour with white versions to follow, the hoodie is available in black only.

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July 4, 2013

SRC 1/8th on-road option parts

Sprint RC from Italy introduce new option parts for the Serpent S977 and several other nitro on-road cars. First up is the C08 gear box set for the S977 that allows the use of smaller 0.8 module gears from Serpent 1/10th kits. Included in the set, that also moves the engine 1.5mm further back, is a new middle layshaft, gear and one-way housings, a 3-bearing clutch housing, clutch shoes and 17/22T pinions. The set is rounded out by updated engines mounts and will make for better acceleration and bottom to mid-range response. Also new are carbon fibre quick change levers for the front and rear axles. They are made from 4mm carbon material and weight only 3g in total, minimising vibrations and improving tyre wear over conventional metal levers. Last but not least come 20 micron hard coated drive shafts. They offer a super low weight and best possible durability and are usable on virtually every 1/8th on-road car.

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June 26, 2013

Serpent expanding development team

The Serpent development team is expanding with the arrival of Nacho Lopez from Spain. Nacho is an industrial engineer and has done freelance work for Serpent in the past years already. He is involved in design, modeling, engineering, testing and racing, as well as working on manuals, video and other promotional affairs. He will attend many national and international races and remains based in Valencia, Spain where his local onroad rack is Almussafes, just 15 minutes away. Nacho is a top level racer in the 1/8 onroad class in Spain and is 2013 EC-B 1/8 Vice-champion. He was already involved in the testing of the Viper 977 in December last year and is now working now on the F110 Formula one Serpent car, as well as on the 747-e, 977-e and F180-e, which we will see more off in the months to come. As the Serpent offroad line is expanding fast, they are also looking for additional development staff specialized in the offroad market. An engineering education and/or background as well as vast RC racing experience is needed with some preference for being USA based and willing to move the Florida, to coop with Billy Easton, head of offroad design. If you are interested write to info@serpent.com

June 18, 2013

Serpent 977 aluminium CVD driveshafts

For the 977 and 966, Serpent now offers front and rear CVD driveshafts in hard anodized 7075-T6 aluminium. Laser engraved with the length and Serpent logo these are around 50% lighter than the same durable units in spring-steel meaning an important reduction of rotational masses to improve acceleration and braking. The pair of front shafts are 7.15 grams, while the rear are 7.8 grams.

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June 7, 2013

Novarossi-powered Serpent Cobra GP RTR buggy

Serpent introduce their Cobra GP 1/8th Ready-to-Race buggy with genuine Novarossi engine. The Billy Easton designed buggy makes use of many parts of the full-blown competition variant such as the 3-differential drivetrain, fully adjustable suspension, and the new Avenger body shell. The shock towers and shock bodies are CNC-machined from high-quality aluminium and the buggy comes factory-assembled including a Novarossi 3-port XS pullstart engine and 2.4GHz radio system. The full specification and features will be released in the coming days.

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June 6, 2013

Serpent Avenger & Cobra-E semi-painted bodies

Serpent introduce semi-painted body shells for their Cobra line of 1/8th off-road vehicles. Available are the Avenger nitro and Cobra-E bodies with pre-designed front part, window lines and a couple of details that make the bodies stand out even if only one other colour is applied. The details are screen printed into the high quality polycarbonate shell helping you to create a one of a kind body with a lot less hassle compared to completely clear standard body shells.

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