{"id":572,"date":"2019-11-10T09:16:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T08:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/de\/?p=572"},"modified":"2019-12-17T10:43:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T09:43:04","slug":"uhlmann-staff-enjoys-electronic-racecars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/uhlmann-staff-enjoys-electronic-racecars\/","title":{"rendered":"Vroom, Vroom \u2013 Ramp after Ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"

German Cham\u00adpi\u00adonship 2019: Morris Vold\u00ade\u00adnauer is in the semi\u00adfinal. He races round the bends and perfectly handles ramp after ramp \u2013 one slowly, another one with speed. Suddenly another car brushes his. He is thrown off course and fails to approach the ramp as planned. The car does a somer\u00adsault. A write-off.<\/p>\n

Fortu\u00adnately, the driver remains unscathed. After all, Morris Vold\u00ade\u00adnauer steers his car from a safe distance. \u201cThat is the big advan\u00adtage of radio-controlled (RC) model car racing\u201d, he says. \u201cYou do not put your\u00adself at risk.\u201d Some 100 drivers of all ages partic\u00adi\u00adpate in the races with their vehi\u00adcles \u2013 referred to as mini-cars in Germany \u2013 that measure about 40 x 30 centime\u00adters. The drivers stand at a higher point next to the track and steer their cars by remote control. The biggest chal\u00adlenges, in addi\u00adtion to the bends, are the jumps.<\/p>\n\n

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About me<\/h4>\n
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Name: <\/strong>Morris Vold\u00ade\u00adnauer<\/p>\n

Posi\u00adtion:<\/strong> Service Engi\u00adneer<\/p>\n

Place of birth:<\/strong> Ulm<\/p>\n

Hobbies:<\/strong> RC model car racing, skiing, climbing<\/p>\n

Place of work:<\/strong> Head\u00adquar\u00adters Laupheim<\/p>\n

With Uhlmann since<\/strong> 2015<\/p>\n

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\u201cDuring training, you prac\u00adtice to see where you need to accel\u00aderate before a ramp to gain suffi\u00adcient momentum for the next hurdle, or where it is better to brake to ensure a safe landing\u201d, he explains. The primary goal is to avoid wrecking the car. After all, compet\u00adi\u00adtive model cars are expen\u00adsive \u2013 the outlay amounts to at least EUR 2,000.<\/p>\n

Favorite race\u00adtrack in Laupheim<\/h3>\n

Morris Vold\u00ade\u00adnauer was first seized by the RC model car bug in 2010. \u201cA good friend of mine was given a car for Christmas\u201d, he states. \u201cWe drove it around the parking lot. It was such good fun that I imme\u00addi\u00adately bought my own.\u201d However, the parking lot was soon inad\u00ade\u00adquate. He discov\u00adered his favorite race\u00adtrack at the Mini-Car-Club (MCC) Laupheim. \u201cIt is rela\u00adtively long, has lots of jumps, and is in a green setting\u201d, he enthuses. In the mean\u00adtime, he is the Youth Officer and a member of the MCC committee.<\/p>\n

Vold\u00ade\u00adnauer drives about ten to fifteen races a year. He has two cars in the mean\u00adtime: one with a combus\u00adtion engine and one with an elec\u00adtric drive.<\/a> In the summer, he lines them up on the starting grid two or three times a month in various towns in Germany. There are fewer races in winter. The 21-year-old was Baden-W\u00fcrt\u00adtem\u00adberg cham\u00adpion in 2016 and 2017. Despite an acci\u00addent, he qual\u00adi\u00adfied for the first time this year for the Euro\u00adpean Cham\u00adpi\u00adonship, which took place in Valencia in June. \u201cIt was always my greatest ambi\u00adtion to partic\u00adi\u00adpate in such a race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vold\u00ade\u00adnauer also travels a lot profes\u00adsion\u00adally. In his job as a service engi\u00adneer, he repairs bottle filling lines throughout the whole of Europe. After completing his training as a mecha\u00adtronics engi\u00adneer, he joined the service team at the begin\u00adning of 2019. \u201cMany candi\u00addates are not confi\u00addent about trav\u00adeling alone to other coun\u00adtries and discussing prob\u00adlems with customers in English straight after their appren\u00adtice\u00adship\u201d, he reports. \u201cThat is precisely the chal\u00adlenge that attracted me.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the back of the field and into the lead<\/h3>\n

The compe\u00adti\u00adtion is what he likes most about RC model car racing. There is a certain process. Heats first take place, during which each driver tries to complete as many circuits as possible in five minutes. About twelve drivers of similar level are iden\u00adti\u00adfied on this basis and they drive against each other. The best of these qualify for the next race and once again it is the top drivers that go on to the next round. This means that a driver can come from the back of the field and win. A RC model car race usually lasts a whole weekend.<\/p>\n

However, the little speed\u00adsters also demand atten\u00adtion from Vold\u00ade\u00adnauer at home. He regu\u00adlarly has to change the oil or tires, replace ball bear\u00adings, and remove dust and dirt. \u201cEvery partic\u00adi\u00adpant uses other compo\u00adnents, puts his car together differ\u00adently, and constructs his person\u00adal\u00adized model\u201d, says Vold\u00ade\u00adnauer. \u201cIt is good that RC model car racing involves so much engi\u00adneering \u2013 just like my job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Training in Weiden<\/h3>\n\n