March 17, 2020

Kohta Akimoto joins Hobbywing & Sunpadow

Japanese electric off-road frontrunner, Kohta Akimoto has announced his new partnership with Hobbywing and Sunpadow. The former long-time Team Orion factory racer will be using Hobbywing’s XeRun XR10 speed controllers along with the XeRun V10 brushless motors and Sunpadow competition LiPo batteries at all major events across Japan, starting immediately. Kohta has the following to say about the deal:

I am excited to join Hobbywing and Sunpadow for the 2020 season and I am happy to release useful data from my races on my social media page to help support Hobbywing and Sunpadow racers.

November 29, 2019

Sunpadow Platin Series 5200mAh Slim Pack LiPo battery

Sunpadow have officially introduced their all-new Platin Series 5200mAh Slim Pack LiPo battery pack. Of a revolutionary new design the hardcase battery is only 36mm wide which is about 24 percent narrower than a traditional 47mm battery and at 5200mAh capacity the pack weighs in at only 246g, however the major benefit of the slim battery is a greatly improved weight balance compared to a standard size battery pack as it optimises the weight distribution especially of today’s mid-motor touring cars. The Slim Pack battery was used by Xray and Sunpadow factory driver, Bruno Coelho to win the Touring Modified class last weekend’s SIGP event in Xiamen, China in pretty dominant fashion. The battery measured 139x36x25.1mm, it is built using high-performance 65C/130C cells and with 5200mAh it offers more than enough runtime even for power-hungry modified classes.

View an image of Bruno’s car here

November 13, 2019

Sunpadow CS Platin 6000mAh Stock class LiPo pack

Sunpadow have introduced their all-new Competition Stock CS Platin series high-performance LiPo battery packs. Developed especially for stock class racing, the first in the line is a 6000mAh 7.4V battery that is made using newly developed highest-quality cells whose chemistry will reduce the overall weight of the battery while allowing for exceptional performance thanks to a very low internal resistance. At 282g the battery is about four percent lighter than the gold label pack and it measures 139x47x25.1mm.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

October 24, 2019

Sunpadow Phantom II Black Label LiPo packs

Sunpadow have announced the release of their new Phantom II Black Label competition LiPo battery range. Listening to the feedback of their factory drivers, the packs utilise a new technology and production process, making for improved performance while being more cost efficient for the customer at the same time. The range includes standard and shorty options with the standard size range coming as 8800mAh (25.1mm/308g), 6600mAh (23.1mm/312g), 6300mAh (23.1mm/288g), 6000mAh (23.1mm/295g), and 5600mAh (23.1mm/277g) variants. The shorty batteries are available as 2S 5100mAh (25.1mm/215g), 4500mAh (25.1mm/214g) and 4000mAh (18.5mm/157g) options and also as 8000mAh (18.5mm/155g) 1S 1/12th scale battery. All feature black hardcases with black labels and they come in zipped storage containers.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

May 20, 2019

Marco Baruffolo signs with Sunpadow

Sunpadow have announced the signing of Italian offroad front runner Marco Baruffolo. The National Champion is a multi-time EFRA Euros A-finalist and he will be using Sunpadow LiPo batteries starting immediately at events including the 2019 IFMAR 1/10th Buggy World Championship and 1/8th E-Buggy Euros. Marco has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very pleased with Sunpadow LiPo’s quality and performance. Its complete product line could fulfill the needs of different track and classes. I think I will do better in the future events.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

February 1, 2019

Jan Ratheisky joins Sunpadow factory team

Sunpadow has announced the signing of German top driver Jan Ratheisky. The Formula World Cup, multiple EFRA Stock and Formula European as well as multiple ETS Stock and Formula champion will be part of Sunpadow’s factory team, running the company’s competition LiPo battery packs while helping with research and development. Jan has the following to say:

Sunpadow LiPo batteries are great, I’m honored to join their racing team. I believe the power system powered by Sunpadow will help me to perform better in the coming races.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

January 4, 2019

Max Mächler signs with Sunpadow

Sunpadow have announced the signing of Germany’s Max Mächler to their international team. The 2018 EFRA European Touring Stock Champion and multi-time ETS Pro Stock winner will be a great addition to the team, bringing with him valuable knowledge of the very competitive stock class racing. Max, who also just inked a deal with Hobbywing to use their speed controllers and motors, had the following to say:

With the start of 2019 I will join the international Sunpadow Race Team. Pleased to work with their technical consultant Salton Dong and the whole team. I will use the full range of Sunpadow batteries for all my racing activities in the upcoming time.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

January 3, 2019

Sunpadow sign Daniel Kobbevik

Sunpadow have announced the signing of young Norwegian talent, Daniel Kobbevik to their international team. Already at his young age Daniel won both national and international titles including the Junior title at the 2017 IFMAR 1/10th Buggy Worlds as well as countless national championships. The Xray factory pilot and multi-times EOS podium finisher has the following to say:

I am very happy to join the Sunpadow international team and to get the chance to run Sunpadow batteries in all classes. I believe it is a new step forward to reach my goals.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

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