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Race 2 the Worlds: Serpent 411 chassis partner

Reporter — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Serpent 411 is the one and only chassis partner for race 2 the Worlds race-game, combined with LRP materials.

http://www.race2theworlds.com/news.aspx?298

The winner of the Race 2 the Worlds, will get a Serpent 411-TE to race, assembled by factory driver and current German Champion Marc Fischer.

http://serpent.com/product/400012

Cobra Buggy alternative set-up / parts

Reporter — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Serpent Driver Ryan Johnson developed an alternative set-up for the Cobra Buggy, which for him, worked very well.

Below the specifics, feel free to try !

His full set-up is here:
http://serpent.com/product/600007/setups/

Front spring was Serpent RED# 600353

Shock pistons conical 6 hole (4) (#600349)
Front piston conical 6 hole drilled as described
6...

British National Championship at the Stonehaven circuit

Stef Helvensteijn — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

British Nationals Rd2
The second round of the 2012 British National Championship was held at the Superb Stonehaven circuit, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Although it was very cold, the weather was mainly dry throughout the weekend.
In Saturdays practice it was Mark Green with his Serpent 747 who was fastest, setting a new lap record of 15.1 seconds.
After Qualifying...

USA: Easton TQ's and wins ROAR Nats warm-up Cobra TE

Reporter — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

ROAR Nationals, Warm-up, LCRC

3D view
http://360.io/DHZX6B

This years ROAR nationals will take us into the mountainous area of Pennsylvania. The track is actually kind of in a valley in the mountains. The track is mostly made up of white powdery dirt a lot like that of the Nationals in Colorado a couple years back. The only difference is, this track...

Team: Interview with Mustafa Alp, Turkye

Reporter — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Hello Mustafa,
A brief interview as below to introduce you, as new rc racing talent, to the Serpent fans.
Q:where do you come from ?
A; I come from Ankara, the capital city of Turkey.

Q:when did you start racing rc cars and with which car ?
A; I started driving rc cars in 2007 and started racing in 2008. Myfirst ever car was Tamiya TT-01 and my first...

Team Serpent 411: Ludovic Leflon

Reporter — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Interview:
Hi Ludo, welcome to the Serpent Team.

Thanks , Truly honored, that's a real pleasure !

Q: How long have you been racing rc cars ?
A: I begun RC activities in 1988 and started to race in 1990.

Q: What was your 1st ever rc car ?
A: My first car ever was a MRX 4x2 from the French brand M.R.C.

Q: What is your normal day job ?
A: After...

EC-B 1/10: Sabrina reports on wednesday

Reporter — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Opening ceremony on Wednesday was small ... because we just have few countries!
French 11 driver, Italy 2 driver, Hungary 1 driver, Germany 2 driver, Swiss 5 driver, Russia 3 driver and monaco 6 driver. Now we are here with 30 drivers !

Track was super fast!! Best lap time from French driver 15,7

Thursday: track super slow !!! Because EFRA and FMM decide...

Neo 2012: Easton reports

Reporter — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Neo Buggy 2012
Harper Adams
BY: BILLY EASTON

This year the Neo buggy was back, as expected to bring you some of the best racing you can try to wrap your mind around.

The layout this year was a little more technical than the last couple years that I have attended. Although it looked pretty straight forward, you add the slippery track conditions to the...

Scoop: Serpent announce Serpent 747 1/10 gascar onroad

Reporter — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Serpent releases a new development stage for the 1/10 scale gas-onroad class.

# 804005 Serpent 747 1/10 scale 4wd gaspowered

Team: Top-driver Ryan Maker joins Serpent

Reporter — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Australian top-driver Ryan Maker has joined Team Serpent.

Ryan will mainly run the Serpent 411 in the 1/10 TC class, but also likes to run the Serpent 966 in the 1/8 scale class a lot.

Below an interview with Ryan .

Serpent members forum: new features for images and video

Reporter — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

We have enabled the picture effects and also youtube videos, just put the link from youtube video into a post like this http://youtu.be/s8ged1J7Ouo and take a look , or even better is to use a picture of the video and link that to youtube url.

Enjoy.

members.serpent.com

Neo 2012: Team Serpent attending

Reporter — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Serpent will be present again at the Neo Buggy Indoor race in the UK.

Billy Easton from the USA already arrived, and also Bacro from France will turn the 1st practise laps today.

- Serpent UK has secured parts support on site
- Team Serpent led by Easton and Bacro are available for tech and set-up support

Good luck to all Serpent drivers.

All race...

UK: “Green with 747 wins opening round of British 200mm Nationals”

Reporter — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

“Mark Green wins opening round of British 200mm Nationals”

The first round of the 2012 BRCA 1/10th National Championship was held at the Mendip circuit, near Weston-super-Mare, UK. Despite the cold weather, around 50 drivers made the trip, all hoping for a good start to the season.

Saturdays practice for the opening round of the championship was fortunately...

Swiss: Antonio joins Serpent 411 Team

Reporter — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Hi Antonino Mangiaracina,

Its great that you joined Serpent and will run the Serpent 411 in Swiss and some international races.

Q: What is your profession ?
A: I HAVE A COMPANY TO MOUNT WINDOWS

Q: How many years are you racing rc cars and which classes you run ?
A; ABOUT 15 YEARS, MOST OF THEM IN 1/10 NITRO TC, FROM 2 YEARS 1/10 TC EP

Q: How many...

Facebook: Serpent's brand page reaches over 2000 followers

Reporter — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Serpent's brand page reaches over 2000 followers

https://www.facebook.com/SerpentMRC

Join in as well and share your rc racing hobby with us.

Team Serpent

Serpent 411-FF report by RC-Man ( HongKong)

Reporter — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Full exploded view of the Serpent 411-FF. The car that won the 2012 TITC race in Thailand this year, in the hands of Marc Fischer.

Spain: Nacho Lopez wins 1/8 Nast with 966-TE

Reporter — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0200 GMT

Hi all again.

Last Friday we went to Madrid for the first race of the 2012 season with two major news in the Spanish rules, no final direct classified drivers, and the use of additives. After trying to learn about additives during this winter, this was the first race where we could see our real performance.

FRIDAY

During the free practice, the additive...

Italy: Serpent TQ-s Italian 1/10 GP Nats Musolino

Reporter — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100 GMT

Italy: 1st Italian Nats 1/10 gas qualifying: TQ Musolino with Serpent-NR, 2nd Ielasi, 3rd Mazzeo Serpent-Max, 4th Pietsch

Team Serpent

Forums: new look for Serpent members forum

Reporter — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100 GMT

The number of members in the forum on Serpent.com is growing at a steady pace to share and discuss all kinds of info.

We have designed a new look for the Forum, to bring it inline with the new Serpent web-site look, and Team blog.

Join in on the Serpent Forum, and pass your idea's and set-up around. You can post text, images, files and even video.

https://members.serpent.com/

Enjoy.

Team...

Korea: Serpent Korea Cup dates: onroad and offroad

Reporter — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100 GMT

Serpent Korea Race for the first half year :

■ Onroad Race■
1/10 EP Touring Pro
1/10 GP Touring
1/8 GP Racing

○ Date : Mar 25
○ Track : Kirina

■ Offroad Race■
1/8 EP Buggy
1/8 GP Buggy
1/8 GP Truggy

○ Date : Apr 8
○ Track : Jeong Wang

Team Serpent Korea