Serpent have introduced a lightweight aluminium chassis for the Spyder SRX2 MH series of 2WD buggies. Cut from hard-coated 7075-T6 aluminium the chassis is about 15 percent lighter than the standard kit part while offering increased flex to further fine-tune the handling for various track conditions. The chassis is usable for the MH, MHT and LMT variants of the SRX2 and it is available now.
Coming from Serpent is the Spyder SRX2 MHT Team 2WD buggy kit. The buggy was designed to excel on medium to high traction surfaces such as carpet, astro turf and prepped clay and it features a 7075 T6 aluminium main chassis plate with separate aluminium front kick-up plate, it utilises carbon fibre front and rear shock towers and a 3-gear laydown transmission. Also included are a high-torque ball differential, 3-pad slipper clutch and a cab forward body shell. The shock absorbers are of a big-bore 12mm design with hard-anodised bodies and caps and the kit can be equipped with optional 3-gear stand-up, 4-gear stand-up or 4-gear laydown gearboxes with all needed mounting holes already existing in the kit chassis plate. The Team edition kit will hit stores very soon.
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New for the Serpent 4X comes this double vertical top-deck and top-deck stiffeners. The new top-deck is the base for all the new flex options and it consists of two equal shaped vertical oriented 2.5mm carbon fibre plates. The plates are connected to the front and rear suspension with a machined aluminium adaptor plate and unlike flat top-decks, the vertical oriented double top-deck still allows for a lot of linear torsional flex, but basically eliminates any longitudinal tweaking and reduces torsional tweak drastically. It can be run in addition to the kit aluminium centre stiffener. The H-shaped stiffener plate can be removed when the top-deck is used to create more flex in the front and rear section of the car. To stiffen up the assembly further, there are two top-deck stiffeners available which connect the vertical double top-deck to the centre stiffener/motor mount assembly. Both can be used individually, to tune front and rear flex individually.
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Serpent have introduced a solid centre axle set for the Cobra GT8-E kit. Designed to replace the centre gear differential, the solid axle kit will increase acceleration and braking while also being much lighter at the same time. The machined aluminium spur gear adapter and centre housing takes all standard main gears known from the centre diff while the lightened spring steel cups make for a long life of all parts. Included in the set are also a 48T composite spur gear and two high-quality NSK ball bearings.
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Coming from Serpent and made for the company’s Cobra SRX8E electric buggy is a saddle pack battery conversion kit. Using the set converts the standard brick battery mount into a rearward mounted saddle pack configuration that makes for near perfect weight distribution. The set includes composite parts such as the battery retainers, a new centre diff cover, rear stiffener as well as new 85mm and 105.5mm centre driveshafts and mounting hardware.
Made for Serpent’s Eryx 411 and 411 RTR touring cars are the company’s new pre-cut and pre-painted Lex-IS v2 body shells. Made from high-quality polycarbonate the EFR 4030 homologated bodies are available in orange, red, blue and green pre-painted versions and they include rear wing and light/grill decals. The bodies are also available in lightweight semi-painted and clear variants for those who seek the ultimate in weight-saving.
Coming soon from Serpent is the latest incarnation of the popular 411 platform, the 4.1. Intended to be a more conventional alternative to the somewhat complex Project 4X touring car, the 4.1 offers a class-standard design and features such as a centrally mounted 7075-T6 aluminium motor mount, an upgraded rear differential with new internal gears for smoother operation as well as big bore shock absorbers with pre-oiled X-rings. Also part of the 4.1 package are hard compound suspension parts, a 2mm carbon fibre main chassis and flex-type top deck, ball-raced anti-roll bars as well as a centrally mounted floating servo mount along low friction belts and pulleys. The kit will hit stores about mid-June.
The DCRD 1/8th Off-road Championship was held recently in South Korea with about 150 drivers signing up for the event. Hwang Sunyoung made a clean sweep in the 1/8th E-Buggy and Pro Nitro Buggy classes by bringing home the win in both categories. Jeon Hanyoung and Jin Sunghyun would come in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the E-Buggy class while Jeon Hanyoung and Shin Dongcheol completed the podium result in the Pro Nitro Buggy category.
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