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December 23, 2011

Serpent pivot balls & clutch bells

Two new items from Serpent, the first for the 966 & 733 and the other for the Cobra buggy & truggy. For use in the 966 & 733 and older kits too, are these 8.5mm pivot-balls which have been made from TiNi coated titanium. Sold in a set of 8 they are super lightweight, weighing in at on 2.2 grams each, and offer an ultra smooth movement. For the Cobra are a line of hardened steel clutch-bells with ventilation / cooling pockets. Available in 13T, 14T, 15T, 16T & 17T they are laser engraved with Serpent logo and number of teeth.

View the clutch bell here

December 22, 2011

Bittydesign Force body for Serpent Cobra

Bittydesign have tackled the Serpent Cobra, giving it the Force treatment with the release of this dedicated body shell. Featuring a cab forward design, it has been developed to obtain better downforce and improve steering response in low speed turns while the sidepods help obtain higher downforce at the rear of the body in high speed turns. Engine airflow has also been improved with the body helping the engine run cooler by about 5-10°C compared to the stock body. Body is 1mm thick, comes with overspray film, window masks and a set of decals.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]

December 6, 2011

Serpent S411 2mm flex top-deck

New from Serpent for the S411 is this 2mm carbon fibre top-deck, which features a new design to allow for more flex on the tracks where this is needed. This new top deck is in addition to the already available 2.5mm and 2.0mm standard configuration top decks as well as the 2.5mm, 2.25mm and 2.0mm chassis plates, allowing you to extensively experiment with chassis torsion.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

December 2, 2011

Jonathan Bacro joins Serpent team

Serpent have welcomed French driver Jonathan Bacro to their international Team. The former Agama/RB driver is one of the most promising talents around, winning last year’s European B Championships, and Serpent wanted to work together to help him to reach the highest international level. Having already raced the car Jonathan has shown how fast he is with his Cobra/Novarossi combo and mentioned how strong the car is. Jonathan will attend the Padova Dirt Challenge 2011 in Italy in December as well as do the Neo12 early next year.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

November 24, 2011

Serpent S411 Limited edition

Serpent is introducing this Limited Edition version of the Serpent 411, to celebrate Marc Fisher’s victory at the 2011 German Nationals, where he won ahead of Ronald Volker and Marc Rheinard to take the title. Only 300 Serpent 411-Limited Edition kits will be made and compared to the standard kit they will include a carbon 2.25mm chassis with engraved car-number and logo as well as dark Serpent orange anodising of all aluminium parts. Other new items include dark orange aluminium turnbuckles and track rods, carbon fibre battery holders, TiN coated pivot pins front and rear, extra gear-differential and an orange anodised tool-set consist of 8 tools, also with Serpent logo and 411-LE car number engraved.

View more images of the car here

November 18, 2011

Serpent Cobra option parts

Serpent announce new option parts for the Cobra 1/8 scale off-road buggy and truggy in the form of aluminium uprights, a Cobra-Be hard anodised chassis plate and titanium shock bolts. The aluminium V2 left and right uprights are CNC-machined from aluminium, come specially coated and include Delrin bushings to use the smaller bearings of the Cobra buggy and truggy. On the Cobra-Be the original larger bearings are used. Made for the Cobra-Be in question is the new 3mm hard anodised aluminium chassis. CNC-machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and specially coated the new 3mm chassis withstands rutted tracks better. It also is slightly stiffer than the original chassis to add another tuning option. The third new part are the lower shock bolts machined from titanium and light of weight. The are useable on the whole line of Cobra kits and come as set of four.

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November 3, 2011

Serpent Cobra option parts

Serpent have announced the release of a whole bunch of optional parts for their Cobra buggy and truggy. The new parts include new lightweight wheel hexes available in +1mm, +2mm and +3mm offsets and come anodized with hardware and lightweight nuts. Also new is pivot pins in titanium nitrade coating for extra smooth travel and a hard coated aluminium transmission brace. There is also lighter, hard coated anti-roll bar holders for the ball-raced system and hard coated aluminium front bushings for suspension arms. For the Cobra-Be 1/8 electric buggy there is new hard anodized aluminium wheel axles which are 70% lighter than the steel ones reducing rotating mass. They also fit the Cobra nitro buggy but require the conversion-set to V2 hubs & driveshafts and larger bearings.

View the other new parts here

November 1, 2011

Serpent steering servo levers

Serpent have released a line of aluminium steering servo levers for the S733 & S811 chassis’. The 733 versions have been machined from top quality aluminium with grey anodizing and the T-value engraved. Available in 23T, 24T and 25T to suit most popular brands. The Cobra versions have a similar construction and are available in the same spline versions but feature an extra fastener around the mounting point for increased strength.

View the Cobra lever here