How to escape from a submerged vehicle..

[OldFart]

Top gear tonight, 8pm BBC 2 :)

[Otter]

As the cabin floods, take a breath of air and locate the door handle/exit. Other hand on the seatbelt release.Wait till the pressure equalises. Release the seatbelt, open the door with your other hand using the locating arm as a guide (You may become disoriented). Swim.

Pretty much the same way we were trained to escape a helicopter ditching.

[Otter]

You only need this information if you follow O/F through water!!!!
:hahaha:

[DUNCIA]

Originally posted by Otter
As the cabin floods, take a breath of air and locate the door handle/exit. Other hand on the seatbelt release.Wait till the pressure equalises. Release the seatbelt, open the door with your other hand using the locating arm as a guide (You may become disoriented). Swim.

Pretty much the same way we were trained to escape a helicopter ditching.

Ok if your in 10' of water, as proved last night on TG it does not work the car will not pressurise if it is still sinking.

My advice drive with your window open!

[Spacemutt]

I don't believe this. Something must have jammed the door, like the central locking which was going nuts. Water cannot be preasurised. A can full of air, taken down to 30 meters will crush due to the preasure difference. But a can full of water won't. Any air trapped inside the car would be preasurised to equal the preasure outside, so you should be able to open the door. :dunno1:

[Otter]

I suspect he may have inadvertantly locked the door with his elbow!

Looking at how the car sank (backwards); I would suspect that they took the engine out too.

[mad doc]

not going into bloody deep water sounds like better advice

is O/F known for going into deep water, like to know as may be following one day??

[DUNCIA]

Unfortunately a car is not a can of air, they leak like a sieve.

[icedmunkie]

i agreee these are land rovers after all!

[V8 not diseasel]

You are right Stephen, in that air compresses and water doesn't. However if there is any air in the car, then the pressure outside will be very slightly higher than inside. As there is a large area of door to open it will need considerable force even at 0.5psi (2 square yards of door would take 650lbs force to open it)difference. The correct way is to open a window to equalise pressure then the door will open easily (unless it's underneath the car of course.)

[Otter]

You may have noticed that he had the sun roof already open for a quick exit!

[owen]

o/f's days of water will soon be over , the old v8's don't like water,

[Otter]

Originally posted by owen
o/f's days of water will soon be over , the old v8's don't like water,

As I said, sunroof open for a quick exit!

[OldFart]

Originally posted by owen
o/f's days of water will soon be over , the old v8's don't like water,

Hamish's Exhaust :p

Plus we'll fit twin snorkels :D

[Newsreader]

Originally posted by OldFart


Hamish's Exhaust :p

Plus we'll fit twin snorkels :D
So then, that just leaves 8 spark plugs, 8 HT leads, two(?) distributors, condensers, coil, alternator, etc...:goofylook

[OldFart]

Originally posted by Bernie Hayden

So then, that just leaves 8 spark plugs, 8 HT leads, two(?) distributors, condensers, coil, alternator, etc...:goofylook


....:LAA: :heheheheh

[Newsreader]

LOL but seriously OF Brownie was crap in all that rain last autumn/winter - big puddle, splutter, stop. There were various threads on here at the time about waterproofing the leads, dizzy etc etc. I think silicon sealant and rubber gloves were mentioned, (oo err, doctor...)

I wouldn't do any kind of wading in brownie without getting all the electrics protected somehow:p

[OldFart]

Well of course I know your right, and its something I've got to seriously consider......but its a challenge i'll either rise to or sink in.....:D
I dunno whether there is room to fit a Kenlowe fan for starters, fans are the worst spreaders of the wet stuff, so if you can turn it off that has to help, what do the military do to prevent dampness.....

/enter Bob :D

[dougiebarder]

Send a squaddie in first on foot to see how deep it is??????:p

[OldFart]

Originally posted by dougiebarder
Send a squaddie in first on foot to see how deep it is??????:p

Thats when the wife has her uses :D

[Newsreader]

Originally posted by OldFart
what do the military do to prevent dampness.....

/enter Bob :D
I think they have speqical heavy duty rubber leads and stuff? But don;t know hoew easily available it is?

[Alan H]

Craddocks actually do a waterproof V8diz but it's hellish expensive - and OF is from Scotland..................

[Smudgegs]

and don't forget... the water will only be lapping at Hamish's sills as the rest of us try to remember how to get out of a submerged vehicle...:p

[OldFart]

Originally posted by Alan H
Craddocks actually do a waterproof V8diz but it's hellish expensive - and OF is from Scotland..................

Whats expensive Alan ...:goofylook

[Otter]

Originally posted by OldFart

I dunno whether there is room to fit a Kenlowe fan for starters, fans are the worst spreaders of the wet stuff, so if you can turn it off that has to help, what do the military do to prevent dampness.....

/enter Bob :D

What do they do to prevent this? Use diesels!:yay:

Seriously though, there is someone on ebay selling waterproof coil and distributor covers.