Serpent S500

[jimmy]

RedRC.net have a CAD drawing of the new Serpent S500 on their site - the car should be shown later in the week at Nuremberg ToyFair in a pre-production state, but this is a first look at Serpents first 10th scale electric off roader.

http://www.redrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/serpents500lr.jpg

From Redrc.net:
Serpent S500
The first product to be produced following the collaboration of Serpent and Durango designer Gerd Strenge. While keeping the spirit of the original project, the S500 is all new and has been designed from the ground up by our team of designers. The main features of the new car are its rear mounted batteries, central shaft drive, motor mounted front of center, ultra narrow chassis and easy access front and rear differentials. This car has already proven itself in its prototype phase, with the only 2 cars at last years World Championship in Japan making it into the main final.

Some oOple observations - There appear to be rubber 'boots' around the drive shafts exiting the out drives, could be a nice touch for long life of the components. The car appears to have XX4 style wheel mounting, and XX4 style front knuckles (much like many current 4WD buggies).
The ultra narrow chassis is an obvious one - but the shell appears to bulge out toward the front - possibly a nod toward the mass market, giving more room for electrics and standard size servos.

[Sebastian]

You missed the poorly tightened screw on the front bulkhead ... :lol:

[jimmy]

hahaha, they forgot to use their 'virtual' driver - LAZY!!!!! :D

[Micha_MX4]

cool, another famous manufacturer getting into 4WD electric offroad!

[franki]

another fine looking buggy now the 3rd best looking buggy 1) pred 2) aero 3) this new baby!!!!!

In fact the shell does remind me a bit of the pred??????

[losidan]

You missed the poorly tightened screw on the front bulkhead ... :lol:

eagle eyed or what

[Micha_MX4]

when will the review be posted?

[xx4-nutter]

another fine looking buggy now the 3rd best looking buggy 1) pred 2) aero 3) this new baby!!!!!

In fact the shell does remind me a bit of the pred??????


are you a team driver for extreme ?

[woOdy]

How cool does it look?

[bigred5765]

loving it

[johnboy]

i will be having one :thumbsup:

[franki]

are you a team driver for extreme ?

i own www.the-pred.co.uk (http://www.the-pred.co.uk) does it show he he!!! jokes apart there are some fab cars in 4wd at the mo

[xx4-nutter]

i own www.the-pred.co.uk (http://www.the-pred.co.uk) does it show he he!!! jokes apart there are some fab cars in 4wd at the mo

LOL cool cool franki :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

i was like " Hummm this guy likes to plug these predators alot " lol :thumbsup:

i agree loads of up and coming new speed machine potentials, or more options for Footey ! lol. loving the look of this S500 soo far, are we going to start seeing more repeats of the durango, Aero and now Serpant cars or basically all the slimmer, toughter, narrow cars as a new wining platform for a top race car ?

we had the J-Concepts winning platform being processed and a good few cars out at that are on the same base/ layout....

the S4 is the sex id just like to add :lol:

[franki]

The S4 does look the business and so does the S44. It would be fab if they all make a 2wd car as well!!!!

[OldTimer]

The S4 does look the business and so does the S44. It would be fab if they all make a 2wd car as well!!!!

The 2wd will be out soon :thumbsup: the S2 that is.

[mark christopher]

Just remeber that is a cad drawing not the real thing;)

[xx4-nutter]

The S4 does look the business and so does the S44. It would be fab if they all make a 2wd car as well!!!!


LOL ive got a proto S2 :thumbsup:

[Renegade]

Another awsome small detail is if you look in the magnified photo where the untightened bulkhead you can see the left front shock has a boot on the shock shaft as well. That could mean just like the 1/8 scale shocks 1/10 could also have a nice way to keep dirt out of the shocks and keep the shocks going longer between rebuilds.

[Alfonzo]

This car is going to be good. If I were Aero, I'd be a mite worried about this, unless there's a decent Aero price advantage.

Am I right in thinking Schumacher have their new ride in display any day now? Good God - how many decent 4wd rides available now? 10? :woot:

[spenner]

Why would Aero be worried ????

British Champion... and a proven car, surely most of the other cars should worry... Slim is the way forward.

The S500 does look nice!!

[Nick Goodall]

Loving the shape of the rear wing too - the whole car (based on that Drawing) looks really good so far.

[Lee]

The car does look nice and im sure it will work well......but....i dont think it will be as close to the durango as people think as the durango was obviously very expensive to make and i doubt it would be much cheaper for serpent to make either as these are not a thunder tiger etc and have stuff made in china.

I think it will use quality materials as they do in all their kits but expect to pay for it. I imagine this would be up there with the aero`s and S4 price tags.

[Alfonzo]

Because the S500 is slim, it comes from a well established company with a long history of winning designs, is backed by the very guy who brought us 'slim' and for the simple reason it's one more competitor for potential customers to choose from.

Sorry, not trying to stir things up - just an observation. Tis excellent times for us racers though, spoilt for choice! :)

[JohnM]

Because the S500 is slim, it comes from a well established company with a long history of winning designs, is backed by the very guy who brought us 'slim' and for the simple reason it's one more competitor for potential customers to choose from.

Sorry, not trying to stir things up - just an observation. Tis excellent times for us racers though, spoilt for choice! :)

I agree with you Al, as much as I like the Aero, there is a wiff of the T/Tech about the company, how easy will it be to get bits for if they don't sell enough cars? Its not the easiest business to make money from if you only sell race cars. At least Serpent have been around for a long time.

I'd love a S500, but I think I'd be getting a divorce if I do:lol:

[Lee]

I'd love a S500, but I think I'd be getting a divorce if I do:lol:

Sounds like a win win situation to me:thumbsup::lol:

[losidriver70]

When will it be available in the States? usa.:thumbsup:

[Renegade]

Thats a great question I'd love to wheel one of these. All of the slim chassis 4wd conversions and Kits in the U.K. cost a fortune to get over here. Serpent is the first I know of that could offer us this style design with having to pay upwards of $600.