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TAR14 EP4: 'It Was Like a Caravan of Idiots'(Siberia)
gator27:
--- Quote from: apskip on March 02, 2009, 09:21:43 AM ---Teams did not arrive in Brasov until 0920 and they had the RAODBLOCK and DETOUR to contend with. With the exception of Brad/Victoria, they should finish at between noon and 4pm. After the pitstop, they have about a 3 hour drive in the middle of the night (more during the day time) to get to Bucharest airport between 3am and 7am. The best route Bucharest to Kransnojarsk after 3am is one of these 3 combinations probably taken by the 3 leading teams:
There are 3 choices for the first flight, OA382 OTP ATH 0940 1115 or OA942 OTP ATH 0945 1205 or TK1444 OTP IST 1050 1215
Second flight is SU296 ATH SVO 1310 1730 or TK1415 IST SVO 1335 1740
Third flight for all 3 is SU779 SVO KJA 1055 0540+1
Note: there are also inferior routes through Paris or Frankfurt requiring leaving earlier.
The next best combination, used probably by all other teams, is:
OTP BUD RO9233 1040 1110
BUD DME MA106 1440 1910
Moscow DME Krasnojarsk (KJA) S7071 2220 0645+1
Note for all routes that transportation systems in Russia are set up to funnel through Moscow(logical in the case of goingn from Buchrest to Krasnojarsk but not very logical for Novosibirsk to Delhi.
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PitStop arrivals between noon and 4 pm mesh with Chateau's info from the last leg.
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,18377.223.html TAR14 EP3
Chateau estimated that Mark and Mike hit the PitStop between 2:14 and 2:33 pm.
gator27:
Blind U-Turn
While at the PitStop, an unmarked envelope containing the identity (picture) of a team that must complete the U-Turn on the next leg was chosen. Teams must now race quicker in case they were blindly chosen as the ones to complete the U-Turn.
Jobby:
--- Quote from: gator27 on March 03, 2009, 09:54:24 AM ---Blind U-Turn
While at the PitStop, an unmarked envelope containing the identity (picture) of a team that must complete the U-Turn on the next leg was chosen. Teams must now race quicker in case they were blindly chosen as the ones to complete the U-Turn.
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Is this official? A sudden thought came into my mind, i think only in the case when a U-TURN is unused (all teams chose not to utilise their U-TURN), then it will become a "blind" U-TURN, where teams will draw lots (marked envelop) to see who will complete the U-TURN for the next leg. :ascared
Chateau d If:
--- Quote ---Chateau estimated that Mark and Mike hit the PitStop between 2:14 and 2:33 pm.
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I may have to redo this.
I made a fundamental mistake and that is when getting time from Solar altitude you have to consider that the sun could be either going up or going down when it is shining form the angle determined. Soo .... That arrival time may well end up being on the other side of noon. More analysis is in the works so stay tuned.
I saw that Kris & Mander completed the Detour at 10:38 am according to the Randy Jackson sized wristwatch on Kris.
gator27:
--- Quote from: Joab on March 03, 2009, 10:04:11 AM ---
--- Quote from: gator27 on March 03, 2009, 09:54:24 AM ---Blind U-Turn
While at the PitStop, an unmarked envelope containing the identity (picture) of a team that must complete the U-Turn on the next leg was chosen. Teams must now race quicker in case they were blindly chosen as the ones to complete the U-Turn.
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Is this official? A sudden thought came into my mind, i think only in the case when a U-TURN is unused (all teams chose not to utilise their U-TURN), then it will become a "blind" U-TURN, where teams will draw lots (marked envelop) to see who will complete the U-TURN for the next leg. :ascared
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Not even close to official. ;D
Just offering my opinions
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