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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.

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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.

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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.

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October 25, 2011

Serpent S411 option parts

Serpent have release a number of new option parts for the S411 touring car starting with these spring steel double joint cardan shafts with double cvd joint. To be used with a front spool, they reduce vibration, increase steering, and offer smoother operation due to less binding. Also new is a CVD shaft combo with spring-steel axle and hard anodised 7075-T6 aluminium shaft. Lighter than the full spring-steel version but more prone to bend or break in the event of a crash. There is a new belt tensioner with bearings, shims and hardware to be mounted to the top of the top deck. A LiPo battery holder in carbon helps keep the LiPo battery in place even during heavy crashes and it is used in combination with the original nylon parts to guide the glass tape through. Finally there is new lightweight machined aluminium steering shafts with hard anodizing, to replace the standard steel ones giving a weight saving of 70%.

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October 14, 2011

Xceed S411 titanium screw set

Xceed release a titanium screw set for the Serpent S411 touring car. The set contains around 130 screw of various sizes to replace the standard fasteners with lighter and stringer titanium ones. The dark grey coloured screws of course fit all other cars that make use of metric fasteners.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]

October 14, 2011

Serpent 411 FWD – Sneak Peek

Serpent has released first information on their upcoming 411 FWD chassis. Based on the 4WD 411 touring car the front motor/front driven on-road car features the same suspension and shock absorbers as its all-wheel sibling, but differs in the front motor and gear box mount as well as the overall chassis design. Also part of the specs are carbon fibre chassis parts and a gear differential. The kit is scheduled for a late 2011 release with a more economically priced 411 FWD Sports variant with more nylon and fibre glass parts is in the making for later in 2012. The FWD class is very popular in a number of countries and especially Asia and is raced mainly as stock class. More info and final images and specs will be released by Serpent at a later stage.

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October 11, 2011

Serpent ‘Square’ pistons for Cobra S811

New for the Serpent Cobra S811 buggy are these ‘square’ pistons. Following extensive testing they have concluded that in order to fine tune your S811 buggy to a multitude of racing conditions you should use these new 8 hole pistons to balance compression and rebound dampening. They will help improve your cars handling in conditions where the bumps are above the racing surface. The shock will be quicker to rebound, putting your tires on the ground more often improving lap times. The pistons are CNC machined from delrin, for super smooth and true shape.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]