Serpent have announced the addition of Dutch top-level racer Jeffrey Halsema to their team. Returning to Serpent after a stint with TLR, Jeffery will race the Cobra SRX8 buggy from now on at events such as the Padova race in Italy and also at the German Mid-west regionals as well as the Benelux Buggy Cup and the 2017 EFRA Euros.
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Coming from Serpent is a new front spool set for the Erxy 411 touring cars. Standard in Serpent’s latest Project 4-X car, the spool also fits the older 411 with its blade-type design and spring steel outdrives making for less wear. The set includes a new belt pulley, the aluminium spool body as well as spring steel outdrives and the protection blades.
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Coming from Serpent are the new MidHybrid aluminium chassis conversion for the SRX2 MM as well as three different optional gearbox sets for the same chassis conversion. Starting with the chassis set, included are a 2mm 7075-T6 alloy chassis with hard-coated surface, composite side rails and a rear waterfall. With a separate front kick-up plate the chassis is easily swapped for an optional carbon fibre part of conditions call for it. The chassis accepts the 3 and 4-gear standup and laydown transmissions right out of the box for the ultimate in versatility and it comes including a new bodyshell, a carbon fibre battery plate and updated gun metal anodised rear aluminium suspension mounts.
Serpent have introduced the SRX2 MidHybrid 2WD buggy kit. Designed to excel on a multitude of surfaces such as astro turf, carpet and also clay and dirt, the buggy comes with two different gearboxes, a stand-up transmission for low to medium traction tracks and a laydown gearbox for medium to high-bite tracks. The buggy utilises a hard-anodised 2mm 7075-T6 aluminium chassis with a separate aluminium pickup plate and included with the kit also comes a high-torque ball differential, a redesigned carbon fibre battery plate and chassis stiffener as well as a new MidHybrid bodyshell. The suspension components were taken over from the previous SRX2 and also the proven 4-gear stand-up and 4-gear laydown gearboxes will fit the kit for even greater versatility. The MidHybrid, runner-up at this year’s EFRA Euros in the hands of Jörn Neumann, will become available by end of October with upgrade sets for the transmission and chassis, to update older spec buggies, to follow soon.
Made for the Project 4X touring car is Serpent’s new lightweight carbon fibre chassis. Weighing in at 46g and thus being about 15g lighter than the standard chassis, the lightweight main plate also offers more torsional flex which can be beneficial in certain track conditions both outdoors and indoors. The chassis, that was used by Serpent’s Viktor Wilck to achieve a third place overall at the recent IFMAR ISTC Worlds, is available now.
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Serpent have introduced a range of new A-arms for the SRX2 buggy. First up are new hard-compound front arms. Almost flex-free yet very durable the arms are best used in very high-grip conditions such as carpet, astro turf and prepped clay. Next up are updated rear arms for the SRX2 and also the SRX4. The new design allows to run the shock absorbers both in the front and the rear of the arm. The wishbones are available as standard and hard variant as well as longer variant for improved track width and the use on lower grip track, again available as standard and hard compound variant. The long wishbones need to be run with the optional longer rear driveshafts. Last but not least come the new shorter MH type SRX2 wing mounts that are usable with setups that utilise rear dampers that are mounted in front of the rear A-arm.
Serpent have announced the addition of Norway’s Daniel Kobbevik to their 1/8th off-road team. An EOS A-main finisher and national frontrunner, Daniel is a 1/10th scale specialist but he will now further up his game in the challenging 1/8th buggy class. He will be working closely with his fellow Serpent drivers Shin Adachi, Billy Easton, Jörn Neumann as well as Gerd Strenge with his first outing for his new chassis sponsors being this week’s IFMAR 1/8th Gas Buggy World Championships in Las Vegas. Due to a very late decision to attend, Daniel had to go through the much discussed qualifying race in which he was able to earn a ticket for the actual Worlds.
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To celebrate the 2016 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championship title achieved by German’s Dominic Greiner, Serpent have introduced the Natrix 748-WC kit. Based off of the previous 748 the World Championship edition comes with a range of newly designed parts as well as an assortment of useful optionals, such as low-profile big bore shock absorbers that make for a lower centre of gravity. The dampers sport coated aluminium bodies, precision moulded shock pistons and selected and matched springs. Part of the updated suspension package are also new front and 3.0mm shock towers to accommodate the upgraded shocks.
