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Are these packages just specialized fake presents for birthday parties? Give someone a CT shaped present but then have someone jump out of the “box”. I bet some would make this kind of video for social media for sure.

Basically a Trojan horse.
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Are these packages just specialized fake presents for birthday parties? Give someone a CT shaped present but then have someone jump out of the “box”. I bet some would make this kind of video for social media for sure.

Basically a Trojan horse.
Good way to get someone killed.
 

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How long till someone modifies a CT to use those tires? 4WS might be a problem though.
Impossible to fit them on the CT they are huge. But some tractor tread tyres would be interesting. I'm still serious about converting one of mine into a EV tractor for the farm.

The Sherp us cool though, one of my favourites.
 

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This shipment I think makes it pretty clear why they wouldn’t do that. Fabricated shells are bulky and need to be protected. That’s a $500 wrap job and will take care to unwrap. Shipping a bunch of these would be expensive.
Not only would it be expensive, it would be slow to ship the exoskeleton from the fabrication site to the Gigafactory for final assembly. Imagine the time it would take to take each manufactured unit, inspect it for defects, "package" it for transport, transport it, unload it, potentially store it, inspect it again (and probably prep it for final assembly).
 

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Does anyone have on any insight on how the " exoskeleton " will be made? Im thinking it's a bunch of stamped parts robot welded together?
 


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Does anyone have on any insight on how the " exoskeleton " will be made? Im thinking it's a bunch of stamped parts robot welded together?
Origami, is how the designer described it. Creased and folded and welded exactly, not stamped. Some attachments may be stamped, as seen in the prototype, but those are connecting pieces. And then other connecting or bridging pieces are cast.

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Think of the semi monocot construction of an airplane. That s a stamped structure of stringers and frames with a skin that carries the load. The skin in this case will be 1/2 boxes that are then connected to the sub structed and some stamped pieces.
The difference in the CT and an airplane is the weight saving is much more critical on aircraft. Using a 1/8" thick SS works great on flat surfaces. The simple angles allow larger flat panels. This leaves the interior open and usable.

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Think of the semi monocot construction of an airplane. That s a stamped structure of stringers and frames with a skin that carries the load. The skin in this case will be 1/2 boxes that are then connected to the sub structed and some stamped pieces.
The difference in the CT and an airplane is the weight saving is much more critical on aircraft. Using a 1/8" thick SS works great on flat surfaces. The simple angles allow larger flat panels. This leaves the interior open and usable.

440px-Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft_interior_bulkhead.jpg
Of course when using semi monocot construction, you have to deal wIth it’s one major flaw. It attracts giant spiders!
 

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Not only would it be expensive, it would be slow to ship the exoskeleton from the fabrication site to the Gigafactory for final assembly. Imagine the time it would take to take each manufactured unit, inspect it for defects, "package" it for transport, transport it, unload it, potentially store it, inspect it again (and probably prep it for final assembly).
I think the point is, you only do this crating for low volume prototype stages that are likely made off site and have a high value as a prototype. Ecsar does show "skids" as one of the products they sell. Its possible they were simply contracted to skid and ship some prototype bodies.

Another possibility is they where contracted for skid/fixtures that will be used to move bodies around the factory and these they are sending some hardware to the factory to test out.

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