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The Serpent Mini Spider RTR is a small 1/24 ep buggy made of super elastic plastic to absorb shocks well, high-grip off-road wheels and equipped with the finest technology, the vehicle leaves nothing to be desired.
The coreless motor accelerates the RC car up to 20km/h. If this is too fast for you in the living room or children's room, you can also reduce the speed thanks to a rotary control nub.
Throttle/brake and steering commands are sensitively implemented in full proportion by the 2.4GHz remote control. Due to the modern transmission system, several vehicles can of course be driven at the same time. So nothing stands in the way of the mini Grand Prix at home!

- RTR version with battery, charger and remote
control
- Speed +20 km/h
- Full digital proportional control
- Electronic Stability Program (ESP)

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Serpent 190mm 1/10 scale ready-to-Race Touring car, based on the successful X20 race-cars. Factory assembled, with race-wheel-tyres, pre-cut and pre painted body, Dragon-RC electronic speedo, Dragon-RC brushless 13.5T motor, Dragon-RC DTS-3 2.4ghZ transmitter. The full package to start racing in the electric touring car category or just race anywhere for fun.

Look here for a the promo clip:
https://www.serpent.com/xcart/serpentdownloads/Serpent_X20_RTR.MP4

Arriving in Xiamen, China at 1am on Wednesday it was a quick few hours sleep at the hotel before making the way to the ever impressive 3 Circles / Sunpadow Facility. Having been here in 2019 I quickly remembered being shocked on just how enormous this place was! RC HEAVEN.
Being quite unique this event offers to run EP TC and IC on the same track (different layouts). Deciding to run both Modified TC and 1/8 GP I knew it was going to be busy.. I may have underestimated just how busy..

Without much experience and knowledge yet with our new Serpent X20 Â’24 I decided to concentrate a bit more in practice on finding some setups. Learning a lot along the way with my EP driving style, tyre management and setup we managed to qualify 5th for the main.

I was content with this, knowing we had to find some more pace without overheating the front tyres we continued to work with the car, making some big setup changes in all 3 finals made it a little hard to be confident to push, this plus some mistakes on my part resulted in a 7th place final position.
The Serpent 990 EVO was dialed from the moment we hit the track! Needing to add 100 grams to bring the car up to the events 2450g weight limit made the balance and feel change a lot.
Trying some different body positions and tuning options to make the car more consistent I was able to put it on TQ in round one. Using the rocket round system the time set was not challenged for the remaining rounds of qualy, giving us the overall TQ .

The Amain couldnÂ’t have gone any smoother, for 1/8 GP racing its not very often you can run 45 minutes without any problems. Tyre wear was quite high, planning for a 2 stop strategy changed into being able to manage the front tyre with a slightly slower pace resulting in only needing a single tyre change, our team Justin and Danny did an amazing job in the pits to get the car in and out with no fuss.
Leading from start to finish we were able to take the win 3 laps in front of our nearest competitor!

I would like to thank all the race officials and volunteers along with Sunpadow management for providing a very professionally run and super fun event! I would highly recommend attending in years to come!

Also our Serpent family for working together and enjoying RC!
It wouldnÂ’t be possible for these results without the support of many people and companies.

Jeff Hamon

The Caribbean Nitro Cup was held at the Famous Barceloneta Rc Complex in Puerto Rico.

Our team did great.

Jose Almonte Won the GT Nitro Class.
Diego Fagundo Won the Nitro Sedan Class.
Jose Almonte Won the GTE Class.
Carlie Lopez Finished 2nd in Nitro GT.

Alejandro Fagundo Finished 2nd in Nitro 1/8
Diego Fagundo Finished 2nd in 17.5.
Manuel Sandoval Finished 5th in GT Nitro class.

Luis Torres finished 5th in Nitro 1/8.
Manuel Sandoval finished 3rd in GTE Class.

We would like to thank everyone for the support!

Jose Almonte
Team Serpent

This is what Dominic had to say about it:

I´m very happy to join back to my family Serpent and very excited to use and help the team with the X20/24.
As I decided to stop nitro I thought electric is the best option I have, and as I saw the first pictures from the new 1:10 electric car it was an easy decision to use Serpent.
I´m pretty sure the car has a lot of potential, could test it already indoors on the carpet and was very surprised and happy about the performance.
I want to thank Joaquin and Mr. Lau for the warm welcome back.

Dominic Greiner
Team Serpent

We arrived at the track on Friday afternoon due to some problems during the journey. As soon as we got on the track we immediately found an excellent feeling with the car. After the checks on Saturday we were in fifth position, just before qualifying we changed the front springs from blue serpent to 8.0 smj, the car became faster and we managed to gain third place after qualifying.

We started the race very calmly, and after 45 minutes we managed to achieve a fantastic second place. I thank the entire Serpent team for their continued support, see you on the track.

Andrea Catanzani
Team Serpent

Setup can be found here:
https://www.serpent.com/xcart/cart.php?target=product&product_id=11847#product-details-tab-Setups

The 2023 GLC is in the books and what an event it was!!!

I ran Two classes being Nitro GT8 and Nitro Sedan. After having issues in both classes i managed to qualify 2nd in GT behind my Teammate Carlie Lopez and 6th in the Nitro Sedan Class.

In the GT8 Nitro main i was able to take the Win after having to push hard to recover from a 5 laps down. The luck was in my side this time because my teammates Carlie Lopez and Junior Riley both had issues giving me the opportunity to catch both of em and taking not only the Win but also the Track Record. (17.884)
The SRX8 GT '23 Car was ballistic fast all week and the Serpent team swept the GT8 Class.

In the Nitro Sedan after battling the Track conditions I was able to find a decent set up and made the A Main. In the Final i was able to go up the ladder putting myself in a good 2nd position for the majority of the race until the tire change in which i came out in 3rd with good possibilities of winning the race but i ran out of gas.
In the end I finished 5th!

Jose Almonte
Team Serpent

After a hiatus of three years, the China National race has made a triumphant return to the schedule, marking its fifth edition hosted in Yongkang, Zhejiang Province. Despite the absence, Serpent has once again showcased remarkable achievements on this renowned track.

In a significant debut at the China National Race, Kenrick entered the Mod class. With determination and skill, he secured the A5 starting position and impressively finished at A4. Notably, his efforts contributed to the team's success, earning the second place in the team standings for the mod class. Kenrick faced the challenge of tire balance, given the absence of control tires across all classes, yet he displayed the true potential of his Serpent X20 2023.

StickKing, navigating his Serpent Sf4 F1, exhibited exceptional prowess in the F1 class. He dominated the track, securing both the TQ and A1 positions, which significantly contributed to the team's victory as the F1 class champions. We extend our gratitude to StickKing for his trust in the Serpent Sf4 and his contribution to this success.

This event once again demonstrates Serpent's commitment to excellence and innovation, as we continue to push boundaries and achieve remarkable results on both the national and international stage.

King Fong
Team Serpent

We arrived to this nice track on Sunday to be on the track on Monday morning for the first practice. During the practice days we tested some different things on our Serpent 990, thanks to the support of Michael Salven, Joaquin Desoto and the rest of pilots of the Team Serpent. The car was good on the last heats of practice and also the engines on point. So, we were ready for the qualification rounds.

Qualification started very good. On the first day we got two great qualys with a 7th and a 8th overall; so there was good points in the pocket for the next day!

On second day of qualifying we had another three runs. Our goal was to secure a place in the semifinals. In the 3rd round I made a small mistake in the large chicane and I lost 3 seconds who result in a 22nd place. The 4th round was really good and the result was an 11 overall so the semi was secured, and in the final round we tried to not to run safe in any moment and try to do our best taking risks but... I failed entering the straight loosing any possibility to get a better result and we sttoped. Final position in qualification was an 11th overall. Great result for us!

In the semifinal A we started with the number 5. The serie had big names at this level. All was more less good, only we loose some seconds in the last refueling at boxes, but everybody in our semi had a great pace and we finished in 5th position. With the results of the other Semifinal was not enough to be in the Main Final.

So, we had the Last Change of 15 minutes to try to be in the Main. We started 3rd with Collari and Ermen in front and... what a race! Lamberto had some problems in the beginning and I had I think a great and clean battle with John. I enjoyed a lot this Last Chance and I can say that for me this race was really amazing fighting so close with a big pilot, resulting so nice to see for the public I think. At the end we finished 1st and got the last place in the Main Final! Incredible for me! In the Main Final again of an European Championship! like the last year at Valencia!

Once there in the Main, what to say? Try to enjoy! Our pace was to be between 6-8 position. We decided two complete tyre changes as our S990 worked very good in the Last Chance with new tyres, but after the second tyre change with approx 12 minutes to the end the rear belt broken and we decided to stop and finished in 10 final place. For us, this is an amazing result for sure!

I want to say Many Thanks! to Michael Salven and Joaquin Desoto for all the help and support there at Portugal, all their work with the setup and also to the other Team Serpent drivers present there (everybody!) I think we worked all week as a great team, comparing setups, sharing information,and having nice moments all together! It was really nice!

Thanks!

Alvaro Fernández
Team Serpent

Every year new engines are being developed as the Engine manufactures squeeze more power or RPM out of a .21 sized nitro engine. It could also be that more short tracks are running GT than ever before. Either way, it is very important that we keep up on what is happening in the market. Our current SRX8 GT cars have an internal ratio of 13/44, and it was great for a majority of conditions, however, times have changed and a larger range is needed. Now we made an optional ratio 12/44, creating a class specific ratio. Although it seems like a minor change, the on track performance can be quite huge. The outcome would be more acceleration with reduced load on the engine. This will allow you to utilize different ratio splits, or even different fuel mixtures that can result in longer run times.

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The new optional carbon bodymount is a much lighter version. It provides excellent support for all Xtreme bodyshells. The total weight is 21g, which saves 14g compared to the standard bodymount.

# 903845 Bodymount carbon set S9XX

Our new MBL competition belts feature a special construction of the internal Kevlar reinforcement fibers, combined with a new material of the belt itself.
The belt improves the drivetrain efficiency by 50% due to reducing the external as well as the internal friction.

The result is a super-free transmission which improves top speed and reduces the stress on the engine. It also helps to improve fuel consumption.

This belt is a must for the serious racer!!

903854 Belt 90S3M201 MBL competition S9XX
903855 Belt 60S3M210 MBL competition S9XX
903856 Belt 60S3M432 MBL competition S9XX

The new optional front shockmounts allow for more flex. The traditional shock bracket is replaced by 2 separate mounts.
Due to the use of shims, the angle of the shocks can also be adjusted in smaller steps, allowing for an even better suited setup.
The 2 separate mounts can be connected with a bracket to give more stiffness, especially on high
traction tracks.

# 903857 Shockmount set FR flex S990

The new optional rear shockmounts allow for more flex. The traditional shock bracket is replaced by 2 separate mounts.
Due to the use of shims, the angle of the shocks can also be adjusted in smaller steps, allowing for an even better suited setup.
The 2 separate mounts can be connected with a bracket to give more stiffness, especially on high traction tracks.

# 903858 Shockmount set RR flex S990

With Brandon Diaz & S120Pro sweeping GT12. Jesus Diaz taking VTA & USGT with 4x and X23. And Andy St. Germain pulling out the A-Main win with F110 SF4 chassis.

Serpent & Jesus Diaz takes A-main win VTA at Roar paved Nationals.

Serpent & Brandon Diaz takes A-main win in GT12 at Roar Nationals.

This is what Mattia had to say:

I am very happy to join the serpent team, i see it as the beginning of a nice and long cooperation, i will do my best at national and international race, thank Serpent and Star rc for the opportunity.

Team Serpent

I am happy being back after such a long time, the brand where it all began, back to the roots. I am absolutely motivated to show good results and to give my best for Serpent.
I am really looking forward to that journey together.

Oliver Mack
Team Serpent