COVID19 Compliant - Afternoon Intermediate Desert Drive - Short & Sharp Lisaili - Dubai - 24 Apr 2021

[Thomas Varghese]

[Thomas Varghese]

[Thomas Varghese]

[Wade Pat2]

7 hours ago, Thomas Varghese said:

From a complete Newbie, Would like to hear how this situation came about and the steps taken to be resolved? 

Edited April 25, 2021 by Wadepat2
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[Thomas Varghese]

[Thomas Varghese]

2 minutes ago, Wadepat2 said:

Would like to hear how this situation came about and the steps taken to be resolved? 

@Wadepat2, the Y62 was slidesloping and ended up like this. The recovery was done at the expert instructions of Richard @Wrangeld which made the car back on its four wheels and drive away without a scratch. The team executed all of Richard's instructions without a hitch and recovery was done very smoothly. The 1st thing when you face a situation like this is level headiness and calm composure which the Marshal & the team displayed at all points. 2nd is the correct technique and using the tools at our disposal required after assessing the situation. 100 marks to all of us for this. The Y62 was winched to the side where it was lifted and eased back on its 4 wheels. After that normal recovery procedures like shovelling, left right steering, blip blip acceleration was employed and the car safely came to flat ground. At the end nobody was hurt, car was recovered without a scratch and we continued our drive. Luckily for all of us the angle of incline didn't cross the threshold of center of gravity and made the car tip over. Kudos to the driver for remaining calm in a precarious position of 45 degree angle tilted to 1 side and holding his position without panicking and not trying something on his own and worsen the situation. I suspect he even breathed carefully without any movement so as not to upset the balance.

To tell you the truth I have never seen a car in this position and recovering it without a scratch in less than 15 to 20 min. No mishaps happened and nobody was hurt as GOD ALMIGHTY watched over us. 

Big thanks to @Wrangeld for his experience, @varunmehndiratta, @Islam Soliman & @Francois Germishuys for their ground support and @Watteau for his excellent handling of the winch. All other team members respected Richard's instructions and watched from their cars considering COVID 19 restrictions. 

Anymore technical explanations our more expert colleagues will give.

[Thomas Varghese]

[Thomas Varghese]

[Wrangeld]

43 minutes ago, Wadepat2 said:

From a complete Newbie, Would like to hear how this situation came about and the steps taken to be resolved? 

Hi Wade @Wadepat2, 

You asked how this happened. Albeit this situation was behind me, the most likely explanation was simply lack of momentum when crossing the slip face. No doubt the slip face was on a sharp angle, but having just made it through myself (and this car was in 2nd lead so it was not horribly churned) it was passable with the right amount of momentum and commitment. 

There may be other factors, but it did not look like the steering was wrong. A common explanation of vehicles tipping or getting close to tipping is a driver trying to fight gravity. I do not think that was the car here as the sand wall on the driver's side of the vehicle had a build up of sand that was consistent along the whole length.  

[Thomas Varghese]