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Thuraya outage shows dangers of relying on geostationary satellites

Satphones require satellites, and the two main types of satellite constellation are geostationary and LEO, or low earth orbit. The latter means lots of satellites orbiting at low altitudes, and the former a very few satellites orbiting at higher elevations. …

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How slow can you drive Big Red in the Simpson Desert?

The key to sand driving is tyre pressure, first and foremost. After that there's a whole range of techniques, but if your pressures aren't right, you're going nowhere. Many people launch cars at Big Red, the largest dune in the…

4X4 Blog by Robert Pepper 11 April 2024

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Yankum Offset Snatch Ring Review

I've reviewed Yankum's Offset Ring and you can find the video at end of this post. Here I'm going to address clarifications and additions. Making a tech video is hard work and while I try and cover everything, sometimes I…

4X4 Blog by Robert Pepper 8 April 2024

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The Boring (?) Reality of the Simpson Desert, for an hour.

There are plenty of videos about the Simpson Desert. If you want all the information you could ever need on the topic, refer to Stefan's channel. If on the other hand you want to see what it's really like, then…

4X4 Blog by Robert Pepper 2 April 2024

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The 4×4 Campervan that Doesn’t Compromise Offroad (much)

There is no perfect travel vehicle. Even if we take cost out of the picture entirely, you have a tradeoff between size/manouverability and interior space/comfort. For example, you can buy a Ram 3500 and tow a 4000kg caravan...super comfortable, but that's one…

4X4 Blog Recovery by Robert Pepper 30 January 2024

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You can get mechanical advantage from a snatch block that doesn’t move

A pretty frequent comment on my videos about winching physics is one like this: and this one: So let's be clear. It is entirely possible to gain mechanical advantage from a snatch block that doesn't move, such as in the title photo.…

4X4 Blog Fast Cars by Robert Pepper 26 January 2024

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The difference between 4×4 and sports car owners

Both car enthusiasts, but so very, very different. Why is it so few people are both? Directions required to a meet 4X4 Owners 55H 5 72 828 / 54 388 288 ** (Don't bother look it up) Sportscar Owners Doesn't matter, they…

4X4 Blog Random Towing by Robert Pepper 21 January 2024

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6 excellent reasons not to feed wildlife

It’s so tempting to feed wild animals, but there’s many reasons why you shouldn’t. HERE ARE five reasons to simply watch wild animals from afar and not tempt them with food: 1. Animals might starve – if enough people feed wild animals then…

4X4 Blog Humour Random by Robert Pepper 15 January 2024

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The 5 Greatest 4×4 Lies

You don't even believe them yourself, but you say these 4x4 lies anyway. GENERALLY, 4X4 people are good people. They tend to be self-reliant, outgoing, adventurous and as travel widens the mind, open-minded. But in specific situations they are also outright liars.…

4X4 Blog EVs Towing by Robert Pepper 14 January 2024

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EVs & Towing : 2024

First I'm going to throw back a short time to when I posted about towing with a Suzuki Jimny - that video will be published soon. Many commenters said "you can't do that" or "you shouldn't do that". So to make them…