Fuego ´09


Fuego ´09 is the new Contrast “Off Road” car for large scale Off Road 1/5TH RC Racing.
 
The Contrast Fuego is a new radical, resistant and fast race car, designed for extreme competition, but also employs mechanical simplicity. Contrast has created an efficient and light race car but ensuring the most important thing is retained in off road racing:  DURABILITY.
 
The Fuego combines lightness and resistance thanks to a very clever “efforts chain”. According to the theory of the chain “chain is as weak or as hard has the weakest of its links”.
 
Following this theory Contrast have made the resistance of all Fuego main components equal in strength to eliminate “weak points” and also avoid “excessively resistant points” that provoke a weight excess and destabilize the balance and durability on the track and in the air when it lands from jumps.
 
Mechanical simplicity is as important as resistance and Contrast are proud of their car design, which allows disassembly of the car by modules:-
 
1) Front axle and radio system
2) Rear axle, engine and transmission
3) Chassis and supports
 
Modular disassembly of the car is done without upsetting any of the main set up geometry of the car, which allows quick crash repairs and maintenance trackside, and it also makes the annoying cleaning process much easier after a competition.
 
New long shock absorbers and suspension geometry, mobile ballasts, the maximum car width allowed by BRCA / EFRA regulations and extra low gravity centre, tuned engine, adjustable clutch, front hydraulic brakes, ensures the Contrast Fuego ´09 gives you everything to be fast… the fastest one. 

 

 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS  

 

Specifications

Dimension

Units

Features
Distance between axles

508

mm

  3 deg. in rear toe
Front width

480

mm

  
Read width

480

mm

  
Total weight

8,9

kg

  
Weight distribution

Front axle 41%; Rear axle 59% 

  adjustable distribution using the mobile ballast
Material

7075-T6 Grade Aluminium

  
 
*Kit given unassembled, including bodywork and with assembly and set-up instructions.
 
 
MAIN FEATURES INCLUDED IN THE STANDARD KIT

CHASSIS

  • Total weight “ready to run” (with heavy bodywork and batteries, without ballast) = 8.9 kilos.
  • Mobile ballast system that allows you to vary the centre of gravity in the longitudinal axle, modifying car’s handling.
  • Front bumper at 12º making landings and handling easier, with a smooth performance of steering.
  • Light chassis with several adjustments to vary its stiffness.
  • The lowest centre of gravity in the scale.
  • Low overturning tendency.
  • 50.8 cm between axles x 48 cm width.
  • Huge traction power with a simplistic differential.
  • Weight placed around car's centre, reducing moment of inercia when cornering, that means improving Fuego's agility on track. 
  • Hole for a third front brake servo.
  • Front hydraulic brake, included in this kit.
  • Standard 7075 aluminium servo saver adjustable in stiffness, included in this kit.
  • Fuel tank of exactly 700 cc.
  • Fuel tank placed in the centre of the car decreasing its effects while driving.
  • Fast removable rear main supports, only removing seven screws.
  • Disassembled by modules: front axle and subchassis, engine and transmission, rear axle. *Set-up adjustments are kept after disassembly.
  • Maximum mechanical simplicity and adjustability.
  • Innovative design.
  • Entirely made in aluminium 7075-T6.
 
SUSPENSION

  • Suspension geometries improved using advanced dynamic simulation software.
  • Wide range of shock absorbers' inclinations.
  • Long travel in shock absorbers, both in extension and in compression.
  • Same shock absorbers in front and rear axle.
  • Long suspension A-arms with 10x6 and 10x7 mm section , very light and resistant.
  • Reduced dimensions and weight in uprights and bearings, reducing unsprung mass.
  • Optional adjustable roll bars, in stiffness and inclination.
  • Original adjustment system for rear toe-in/toe-out that do not modifies neither length between axles nor camber.
  • Contrast hydraulic brakes also fitting with FG/Lauterbacher/Crojet. Open hydraulic system without braking variations. Carbon fibre or steel brake discs interchangeable for different braking. Hydraulic mini-pump.
  • Wheels with standard FG/Harm joint .
  • Front crash security system.
  • Aluminium ball-and-socket joint in front and rear axle.

 

ENGINE & TRANSMISSION

  • Zenoah G260RC 26cc engine.
  • Quick change of engine without requirement of additional systems.
  • Engine placed 1 cm backwards to increase traction.
  • Transmission gears manufactured in 7075 aluminium alloy and hard steel, treated to improve resistance and temperature effects.
  • Transmission ratio that improves engine performance.
  • Hole in standart measures for FG/Harm/Lauterbacher differential.
  • Quick differential change standard system.
  • Standard Contrast adjustable clutch, more simple and lighter, with carbon brake shoes. Chance between 2 or 4 brake shoes to modify power attack.
  • Standard special competition Samba 3SW exhaust pipe.
  • Transmission ball system.

 

OPTIONAL FEATURES

  • Solid and light aluminium lateral support.
  • Aluminium ball-and-socket joint with interchangeable ball.
  • Kit to convert your differential into an auto lock, including anti-slip system, NEW in RC.
  • Kit to convert clutch into a double action system, NEW in RC.
  • 3 different sets to tune your engine:
    • Contrast Preparation Set.
    • Modellsport 2B Preparation Set.
    • "FEDE PORTA REPLICA” Modellsport 4B Preparation Set; the fastest and most evolved engine all over the world.
  • Wide range of springs and roll bars with different stiffness. 
  • 3 different models of ballasts, each with different weight.
  • Set of ceramic bearings.
  • Lightened aluminium transmission axle.
  • Quick shock absorber supports.
*This list of options will be continuously enlarged.