Why So Many Pop-Outs?

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On off-roading trips pop-outs are a very frequent occurrence and here I’m displaying the most typical situation when approaching a sequence with little downhill curves towards small half meter height dune.

The footage interpreted here, is thanks to OffroadRon, as we were discussing in the small team what to do and not what to do in similar situations.

At first, if you look at attached image, I’m sure, that you can see, based on the amount of sand coming from the right hand side wheels, what is wrong. If there are geysers of sand, it looks like a great fun, but pop-outs might be guaranteed.

WRONG (marked by cross)
  1. High speed, where it should be careful control of throttle, not to press the vehicle too much to the right side. Gravity is helping to achieve this bad target and intention.
  2. The car weight, supported with suspension system and gravity is pushing the car weight to the right, shifting the balance off the center point.
  3. The result (almost guaranteed), can be in the best case pop-out on the front right wheel or in the worst case roll-over, if in the sand is the grass or hidden stone.

GOOD (marked by OK sign)
  1. Control of the speed at the right moment, when driving down and turning left up, not to let the car to drift.
  2. Don’t fight the gravity and try to balance it.
  3. Accelerate only, when you are coming up and your wheels are straight.
  4. Have the right speed, not to jump on next small dune, not to come again to the initial situation and causing another danger for pop-out.

Have all these points on your mind next time, when you are coming into such situation. Probably you don’t want to show to the audience a certain part of your body when digging…
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