Foxtrot Oscar Posted October 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 Good evening fellow adventurers, I hope you are all ready for tomorrow's adventure in the sand. With the temperatures cooling it should make for a pleasant enough afternoon. My proposed convoy is below. We shall use channel 3 (three) - -Meet at 1500hrs - - Radio Channel 3 (three) 446.056- - Driver Car Rank Position Angela @Foxtrot Oscar Black Xterra Marshal Lead @Wade Pat2 Black LC Fewbie 2nd @Goh KP Prado Newbie 3rd @Gertjan Prado Newbie 4th @Brendan White Xterra Newbie 1st 5th @Niki FJ Advisor CF @Mohammed Mansoor Patrol Newbie 7th @Alexanderrr LWB Pajero Newbie 8th @salah2u Y62 Newbie 9th @AlexM Rubicon Newbie 10th @Daniel Rodas Pajero Fewbie 11th @luis mantecon Jeep Fewbie 12th @Zed LC Fewbie+ 13th @Pacific Jeep IM Sweep See you all tomorrow 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 38 minutes ago, Foxtrot Oscar said: @Zedare you able to make it tomorrow as @Joseph Rajuhas had to withdraw @Foxtrot Oscar yup I’ll be in Dubai from morning and will join your afternoon drive 👍🏻 Thank you 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Foxtrot Oscar Posted October 9, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Drive Report “this drive is primarily about getting you comfortable crossing dunes and navigating your car in the sand” After that drive, I think it is safe to say that you are all comfortable in the sand. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 We set out promptly at approx 3:10 and made our way along the track. We drove with zero issues for such a long spell that I decided I would take some more challenging routes. You handled them too. We did a little ridge ride on a nice, low , curved dune and even managed a criss-cross. Quite remarkable for a newbie convoy. Everyone handled the side slopes, no issues, we had a couple of crests, including my own (oops) and a handful of refusals but nothing of note. We even had a night drive through technical dunes , I’m amazed that only resulted in a couple of refusals , oh yeah and my nose-dive. Thanks for the shovel work to get me out of that one, we were out pretty quickly. Honestly , I’m amazed at how well you all did, especially the guys at the front, who were doing their first Newbie drive @Goh KP @Gertjan @Brendan White fantastic driving. Also, @Mohammed Mansoor @salah2u and @Alexanderrr who were handling the soft sand further back in the convoy. The Fewbie guys at the back who had the additional challenge of dealing with the churned up sand , which is no easy task, @Daniel Rodas @luis mantecon and @Zed all of you had very good drives. Big thanks to @Wade Pat2 for executing the perfect 2nd lead , I really appreciated having you behind me, to @Niki for his assistance at CF , with his calm, precise instructions to help the few who had refusals and to @Pacific for making sure everything was going smoothly at the back and helping with a couple of refusals too. Apologies for delaying you all on a Saturday afternoon/evening. It was purely down to me being over ambitious. You did incredibly well, especially when fatigue was kicking in and darkness fell. Thanks again for being an absolutely tremendous convoy. Until our next adventure. 4 2 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Rodas Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Thank you @Foxtrot Oscarand supporting team for this unforgetable drive! This afternoon/evening was full of challenges and achievements for everyone. I only saw great drivers around Cheers! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salah2u Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 @Foxtrot Oscar thanks for choosing such an adventurous route it was a good experience..... And also big thanks to support team for their support when it was needed the most.... looking forward for next drive.... 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Pat2 Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 @Foxtrot Oscar it was a great drive. I learned alot as 2nd lead. I was impressed with everyone's driving on the night technical. Thanks for the nose dive lesson! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexanderrr Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Thank you @Foxtrot Oscar @Niki and @Pacific for an amazing drive full of adventure and experience 👍 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot Oscar Posted October 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Wade Pat2 said: @Foxtrot Oscar it was a great drive. I learned alot as 2nd lead. I was impressed with everyone's driving on the night technical. Thanks for the nose dive lesson! And what a nose dive it was!! The sand was like a brick wall! 😳 That’s the first time it has ever happened to me. But I’ve dug plenty out of similar situations and knew I could get out , just didn’t know how long it would take 🤣🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Well I was expecting a walk-in-the-park easy newbie drive, hence brought the Y62 with its owner (a.k.a. wife), but got a bonus of 3-in-1 drives: newbie afternoon, upgraded fewbie criss-cross, then fewbie night drive 😁 We arrived back in Abu Dhabi at 1am safe & sound, but that was quite a good weekend adventure... Thank you to Marshal @Foxtrot Oscar , I like learning from different marshals and the way you visited _each_ car to check on us was quiet comforting... though you probably didn't have to go all the way to the back, we Fewbies in the back were enjoying the view, having nice coffee, and got your back 👍 I may have jinxed your drive by commenting, "Next upgrade is gonna be a Night Drive" , so I'll stay quiet next time 😂 Thank you Center Support @Niki , just like in a football game, the Center Forward is key 😃 We listened to the radio while you guided those who got refusals, and these folks self-recovered nicely thanks to the clear advice. I need to learn to get this "Radio Voice", I think when I was guiding people it might come as shouting to those who never met me, but actually that's just my normal voice tone 😂 We didn't get to chat much as it was hot at 3pm and it was late & sweaty at 9pm, but let's chat before the drive next time... Thank you Sweeper Prasanth @Pacific , I think we made a good team. @luis mantecon and I had a different view of pulling the flying-wheel Pajero, but your way was proven correct 👍 That comes with experience, *respect 👮♂️ Also I'm so used with the Amber Lights in my LC100 when night-driving, but struggled a bit with the Y62 stock lighting, very happy to have Light Support from the back with your array of lights that can fill-up a toy store 😁 It sure helped when I got that mini-refusal when picking the wrong terrain to climb. @Mohammed Mansoor & @salah2u : great Y62 driving, you did not disappoint the brand 😁 @salah2u you need to get that Diff Lock fixed my brother, the importance of the Diff Lock is explained in my post here >> @Goh KP : I think you had a few refusals, but don't immediately believe if someone says it's because of your 2.7L engine. I have driven (actually borrowed) a Prado 2.7L engine and drove it up in Sweihan. The key is to drive it manual which I'm sure you'll learn as you progress through... or I could show you if we meet again in another drive 👌 To the rest, it was a very good crowd, nice driving with the tribe 👍 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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