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February 5, 2008

Serpent S500, S120 and S240

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Serpent have announced that they will release 3 new electric powered cars at this week Nuremberg toy fair, which Red RC will be covering live from the Show floor. To be shown at the fair is the new S500 4wd buggy, the S120 1/12th scale pan car and finally the S240 1/24th scale pan car. The Serpent booth will contain all the company’s usual products as well including the 08 versions of the 720 and 960 as well as the S400 and F180.

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January 31, 2008

Serpent S400 Roll Centre spacers

New from Serpent for tuning your S400 are these 2 new sets of roll centre spacers. Designed to fit between the chassis plate and the lower wishbone suspension brackets, they allow the user to adjust the cars roll centre as well as giving the option to run anti squat or anti dive. Made from lightweight aluminium, they are available in 0.6mm and 1.0mm thicknesses and are sold in pairs.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 31, 2008

Tobias Hepp joins Serpent SDD program

Tobias Hepp joins Serpent’s SDD program

Serpent have announced that young German racer Tobias Hepp has been signed to the Serpent Driver Development program, which aims to assist up and coming racers in their quest to reach the highest levels of the sport. 14-year-old Tobias has been racing for 5 years and has made a big impression in his home country, winning his first major RC championship title in 2004, for the past two seasons has been the German 1:8th scale Junior National Champion. This season will see him race in both the 1:8 and 1:10 200mm German Nationals, while in addition to his National racing the youngster will travel to Austria and Spain for the European 1:8th B and A Championships respectively.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 30, 2008

Joern Neumann wins Kyosho Indoor

Joern Neumann wins Kyosho Masters

Serpent have a report from their team driver Joern Neumann who was in action last weekend at the Kyosho International Indoor in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The event was held in a large ice hockey arena with the surface made up of carpet and a kind of grass, which made tire choice very difficult. Following some tire tests, Joern found the correct balance and managed to win 3 of the 4 qualifiers to take the event TQ. Once through the semis, in which he drove most of the final in 2wd after a broken drive shaft, he was able to pull out a clear lead in the main final, winning by 2 laps from Kyosho driver Daniel Reckward in 2nd and Gerhardt Frank in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com] / Image: RC Car Ostrava [rccarostrava.cz]

January 25, 2008

Serpent large pit towel

Serpent have released this large pit towel for racers to cover their pit area with the colours of their favourite team. Sporting the combined Serpent oval and text logo in black and white, this high quality towel is 140cm wide x 60cm tall. Available mid February.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 23, 2008

Serpent S400 Alu C-Hubs

Serpent have introduced a new range of aluminium C-hubs in a variety of different caster angles. These new hubs are extremely stiff and this helps reduce any flex in the steering, something very useful when running on carpet and other high grip surfaces. Another benefit of these new items is that due to the material used it has allowed them to be narrower than the standard versions and this in turn allows more steering throw, something that is important on very tight tracks. Machined from a single piece of aluminium they are also lightweight and resistant to heavy impacts.

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January 22, 2008

Serpent CLK & 350Z 1/8th GT bodies

Previously released through its original manufacturer in Japan, Serpent have introduced 2 new 1/8th scale GT body shells. Made by Central RC, the same company that makes the highly successful Lola 8th scale shell, these new bodies are aimed at the racer that wants to participate with a realistic looking shell. Choose between the Mercedes CLK and the Nissan 350Z, both shells offer great handling and adequate down force, but above all look great on the track. Each shell is supplied with rear wing, window masks and light & grill decals.

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January 21, 2008

Serpent soft Anti-roll bar blades

Serpent have released these thin and therefore super soft rear anti-roll bar blades for their entire range of cars. These new blades have a similar hard setting to the original versions but in the softest setting they are much softer and overall they allow a wider range of settings. While suitable for all cars in the range that use the adjustable rear anti-roll bar, the softer blades are specifically designed to offset the new wider and thus harder lower wishbone anti roll bar mounting points on the 960.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]