Cybertruck Jumped In Sand, Much Damage

[CarMan ElecTruck]

Baja Mode is there for a reason..

Also the ‘jump’ was not intentional, nor was it a jump. Was an unexpected blind drop..

Who jumps a first version, stock 7k lb truck in sand. Ridiculous. Might as well jump an F350.

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[Cyber Man]

Baja Mode is there for a reason..

Also the ‘jump’ was not intentional, nor was it a jump. Was an unexpected blind drop..

Exactly! Physics and terrain completely different.

The stock Ford SUV at :40 sec mark goes twice as high

Bring us the video of CT jumping the exact terrain, and we’ll talk.

 

[BannedByTMC]

Bring us the video of CT jumping the exact terrain, and we’ll talk.

Sand is softer than the dirt the Ford landed on. Twice the height, harder surface.

 

[Crissa]

Exactly! Physics and terrain completely different.

Yeah, that matters alot.

On the extreme end, this is why loop tracks aren't circles, and why it's usually about going from one mogul to another more than dropping off one, and they should be shaped to catch the vehicle.

That's why Baja has different classes and different speeds.

Sand is softer than the dirt the Ford landed on. Twice the height, harder surface.

At the speed they're going, the softness only engages the body, not the shocks. Sand will act as a non-newtonian fluid.

-Crissa

 

[BannedByTMC]

At the speed they're going, the softness only engages the body, not the shocks. Sand will act as a non-newtonian fluid.

The deep ruts in the sand show that the force displaced the sand while the hard packed dirt was not. Packed dirt is harder than sand at any speed.

 

[Cyber Man]

At the speed they're going, the softness only engages the body, not the shocks. Sand will act as a non-newtonian fluid.

-Crissa

Exactly! Just like jumping flat in a pool from 10 feet high. That hurts!

Sand is softer than the dirt the Ford landed on. Twice the height, harder surface.

Landing on a surface flat is different from nose diving. Checkout the screenshot I shared earlier. CT took a direct hit at the front. I don’t think Ford would have been any better in this situation.

Look, if you are using this accident as a data point to prove that Ford is stronger than CT, then it’s too early to say that just based off this. You need to do the same jump with the stock vehicles in the same controlled environment to make a conclusion.

 

[BannedByTMC]

Landing on a surface flat is different from nose diving.

True, but the height difference remains.

CT took a direct hit at the front.

Not quite, a direct hit would have been vertical, CT landed at an angle.

I don’t think Ford would have been any better in this situation.

Hard to say, again the height difference is significant, but more to the point the Ford isn't marketed as a tough off road beast. My main concern with the CT is the cracked windshield, which apparently happened in another CT, and suggests frame/body flex in what is supposedly a very stiff vehicle.

 

[Cyber Man]

My main concern with the CT is the cracked windshield, which apparently happened in another CT, and suggests frame/body flex in what is supposedly a very stiff vehicle.

Yeah that’s a valid concern. As Tesla engineers were able to reproduce the problem first hand, I’m sure they will root cause the weak point.

 

[Bartman]

Baja Mode is there for a reason..

Also the ‘jump’ was not intentional, nor was it a jump. Was an unexpected blind drop..

Baja Mode IS there for a reason. Marketing. Like Boat Mode. Oh yeah, and Summon..... that's a big joke too.

 

[CarMan ElecTruck]

I’m a fan of Tesla products, but I call BS when I see it.. (even with Tesla)

Therefore I can not oppose this logic.

Baja Mode IS there for a reason. Marketing. Like Boat Mode. Oh yeah, and Summon..... that's a big joke too.

not everything is warm and fuzzy…

 

[Bill837]

Tesla engineers had a similar thing recently. I hope they will account for it in the next iteration.

Was that a jump higher than 4' in a truck weighing 7 tons moving greater than 25 mph? I don't know whether I can call that a moderate jump TBH. ?‍

Looks more like a crash test rather than a bumpy ride. The impact angle appears to be greater than 30 degrees. Good that airbags didn’t deploy!

That's all about the rate of deceleration, which in sand should be pretty low compared to hitting anything solid.

 

[SolarWizard]

The mistake here was expecting it to work like a raptor or other vehicle built for these purposes. Needs a way better approach and departure angle for real wheeling.
not even worth mentioning the control arms design again. The real aftermarket can some some of this stuff

 

[TesLatino]

This is disappointing, one moderate jump in sand and this CT has a lot of damage, including a cracked windshield.

I was there and that was not a moderate jump. It was a nasty drop at high speed. Luckily he did not flip the truck. Considering the damage I saw, it could have been a lot worst.

We kept over-landing for several more days without a problem after the jump and he drove back home to Florida without major issues.

Also, my friend Brandon did not know the drop was there. He did not intend to go through that. If he would have taken a look at the area before going at it, it would have never happened. I am just glad he is ok. And to say that this was just "sand" is incorrect. The surface was "sand-like" but where he dropped into was compacted hard with tons of mars-like rocks underneath.

 

[BannedByTMC]

I was there and that was not a moderate jump. It was a nasty drop at high speed.

What do you think the vertical drop was from takeoff to landing? Looks like about 3ft in the video.

 

[TesLatino]

What do you think the vertical drop was from takeoff to landing? Looks like about 3ft in the video.

Looked somewhere close to 4 ft. when I walked it.

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