Cybertruck launching boat...

[slomobile]

i think boat lauch mode is unnecessary not EVERYTHING needs to be automated.

I'm guessing you have never launched and retrieved a boat solo from a trailer.
I could be wrong, but I say that because the process is extremely tedious requiring a lot of getting in, getting out, balancing on trailer tongue, climbing over bow into boat, or dock to boat if you are lucky, and trying to see things that just aren't visible from the cab but easily monitored by camera. It is an inherently high risk operation as it requires exiting the vehicle on a busy, wet hill, often covered with weeds pulled from the previous boat(by law). The vehicle or trailer could roll over a person or sink the vehicle. It is literally a potential lifesaver.

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[Crissa]

...often covered with weeds pulled from the previous boat(by law).

No law says you should leave your trash on the ramp.

-Crissa

 

[slomobile]

No law says you should leave your trash on the ramp.

-Crissa

Invasive species are not trash. Do not throw them in the trash which gets transported overland by garbage trucks and buried by a different body of water. That is the whole thing the laws are trying to avoid. You are supposed to inspect your boat for invasive species at the ramp and leave them there. Chuck them off to the side, but at the waters edge.

https://www.fws.gov/law/national-invasive-species-act-1996
https://www.doi.gov/ocl/invasive-species-control
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/executive-orders-invasive-species

 

[Crissa]

Invasive species are not trash. Do not throw them in the trash which gets transported overland by garbage trucks and buried by a different body of water. That is the whole thing the laws are trying to avoid. You are supposed to inspect your boat for invasive species at the ramp and leave them there. Chuck them off to the side, but at the waters edge.

https://www.fws.gov/law/national-invasive-species-act-1996
https://www.doi.gov/ocl/invasive-species-control
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/executive-orders-invasive-species

They're sill trash. Not all (most?) trash should go to the dump.

-Crissa

 

[AeroTool]

And it will be able to tow my Whaler 27.5' walk around Conquest and trailer, a heavy boat..!!

 

[Newton]

I'm guessing you have never launched and retrieved a boat solo from a trailer.
I could be wrong, but I say that because the process is extremely tedious requiring a lot of getting in, getting out, balancing on trailer tongue, climbing over bow into boat, or dock to boat if you are lucky, and trying to see things that just aren't visible from the cab but easily monitored by camera. It is an inherently high risk operation as it requires exiting the vehicle on a busy, wet hill, often covered with weeds pulled from the previous boat(by law). The vehicle or trailer could roll over a person or sink the vehicle. It is literally a potential lifesaver.

True, it has been a while since haveing dont that... im remembering the Woes that come along with it... you changed my mind.
BUT I would still take me a while to trust it.

 

[Ogre]

Keep reading the title and thinking this is about some boat that launches Cybertrucks.

I think it should be “Boat Launching Cybertruck” because “Boat Launching” is describing the truck. English is a weird language.

For example if I said “Rocket Launching Cybertruck” everyone would have a vision of a Cybertruck that launches rockets. “Cybertruck Launching Rocket”? You see what I’m getting at here, it just doesn’t follow.



(Meant as humor… not trying to poke fun at the OP or be pedantic)

 

[Newton]

I never understood why commas aren't allowed in titles.

 

[Bill906]

Keep reading the title and thinking this is about some boat that launches Cybertrucks.

I think it should be “Boat Launching Cybertruck” because “Boat Launching” is describing the truck. English is a weird language.

For example if I said “Rocket Launching Cybertruck” everyone would have a vision of a Cybertruck that launches rockets. “Cybertruck Launching Rocket”? You see what I’m getting at here, it just doesn’t follow.



(Meant as humor… not trying to poke fun at the OP or be pedantic)

Rocket Launching Roadster!

 

[SpaceYooper]

If the CT can float, then some idiot is going to back up too far (to the point of where the bed would be floating if it wasn't attached to the boat trailer) and begin losing traction (do to the bed wanting to float) and get the boat truck stuck on the boat ramp. Then so e other idiot will video this mishap and post it saying the CT is useless for boat launching.

 

[rr6013]

If the CT can float, then some idiot is going to back up too far (to the point of where the bed would be floating if it wasn't attached to the boat trailer) and begin losing traction (do to the bed wanting to float) and get the boat truck stuck on the boat ramp. Then so e other idiot will video this mishap and post it saying the CT is useless for boat launching.

Interestingly, floatation doesn’t exactly happen in that manner. Its a fallacy to consider Cybertrucks waterproof as floatation. Yes, float exists but in the boat launch scenario Cybertruck owners can be rest assured that the ass-end of their truck isn’t going to rise, lose rear tire contact and float the rest of the vehicle away - with you in it.

Water weight, 62#/cu ft, can and does fill the truckbed. SWAG CT bed is 15 cu ft that 930lbs is traction minus a marginal floatation uplift value. So there is more weight contributing to downforce than is responsible for uplifting floatation. NBD

 

[Crissa]

In fact, on a slippery launch, it's not like it doesn't already happen in certain situations. One of the 'this is better with four wheels than two' or 'keep a weight over the back axle' situation.

Cybertruck would have to exceed its wading depth - just like every other truck - before it lost grip. By quite a bit, because of the slope of the launch.

-Crissa

 

[SpaceYooper]

I caveat everything I say on this topic with the fact that don't care if the truck floats or not. I find funny that some people maybe thinking of using the CT as a pseudo boat.

Interestingly, floatation doesn’t exactly happen in that manner. Its a fallacy to consider Cybertrucks waterproof as floatation...

Isn't it supposed to be more then waterproof? Aren't people including EM saying it will float?

Water weight, 62#/cu ft, can and does fill the truckbed. SWAG CT bed is 15 cu ft that 930lbs is traction minus a marginal floatation uplift value. So there is more weight contributing to downforce than is responsible for uplifting floatation. NBD

What!? Never in my life have I seen someone launch a boat and backup so far that their truck bed filled with water. If they that, they were doing it wrong and and completely submerging their tailpipe significantly. Not a good idea. Maybe in some rare conditions it would be necessary to back the truck up that deep, but hopefully the person doing it has routed their exhaust up in some manner.

 

[rr6013]

more then waterproof? Aren't people including EM saying it will float?

Irrespective that technically Elon will be correct on both points, I think it is the weakest claim put forth to vaunt Cybertruck.

Elon needs to either boat CT or clarify that it will act as life preserver for X minutes, allowing time to escape a wet situation.

Tesla have made only claim to using waterproof high-energy connectors at the DC inverter housing. But no claims to the battery nor pack that contains the battery being waterproof. Which is a hell of a long ways from waterproof where I fjord.

Most tow outs that I’ve witnessed are Newby’s backing a boat down into water losing reference until too late. In deep, the truck taking water over the door sills and filling faster…its over. Granted sailboats with keels are 4+ feet higher needing deeper water. But cheap Charlies never fail to think they can beat hoisting-in and out.

 

[JBee]

I caveat everything I say on this topic with the fact that don't care if the truck floats or not. I find funny that some people maybe thinking of using the CT as a pseudo boat.


Isn't it supposed to be more then waterproof? Aren't people including EM saying it will float?



What!? Never in my life have I seen someone launch a boat and backup so far that their truck bed filled with water. If they that, they were doing it wrong and and completely submerging their tailpipe significantly. Not a good idea. Maybe in some rare conditions it would be necessary to back the truck up that deep, but hopefully the person doing it has routed their exhaust up in some manner.

In water fording a 4x4 its common to have the tailpipe submerged, provided your engine continues to run whilst doing so it's mostly ok.

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