This seems impossible to me. The arc of the front door and that of the FWD shouldn't ever cross. I'd be very surprised if there were any validity to this concern.
Oh? What about if you're traveling really, really, really, fast, and the back portion of the car is traveling even faster than the front when you try to close both doors? Did you consider that eventuality, Ohmman? Anyone: Give it a try and let us know how you make out. Thanks.
I heard about this rumor as well. Can we get some X owners to chime in please? User ptsagcy is also claiming that "according to one DS", Tesla will shut down Production once the Sigs are made, and make some tooling adjustments which they've uncovered with the Sigs.
Sorry to hijack this thread, but I thought this was an interesting article that speaks to exactly what Mark Z cleverly suspected. SpaceX transferred novel welding techniques and equipment to Tesla Motors | Electrek P.S. Mark Z, I am hoping so hard that you get your X soon. Your graceful patience is examplary.
Which X owners FB page are you referring to? (And is it private -- do I need to ask to join?) - - - Updated - - - I'm with Bonnie on this one, but just sent a note to confirm. I'm not clear on how they would interact with one another. The planes of motion interact and there's spacing between them to align.
The Facebook page is private and you can ask to join. Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TESLAMODELXOwnersClub/1681936988611476/?notif_t=group_activity
Jonathan took delivery of Sig Vin 25x and posted the comment in his delivery video. I don't think he is making it up which means it's what the DS told him. Either the DS is wrong or others who have received their X's have not been told some very important information.
Well, there's only one way to find out. Close both doors at the same time. Thanks guys, I'll just be sitting here.
Thank you Bobby! I will post when delivery takes place on another thread: Sigs Only Please | Forums | Tesla Motors (or page 7, 8, 9...) The article makes me think of the days when SpaceX rockets will be manufactured like cars, on the assembly line. They better be electrically powered or our fossil fuels will be drained if everyone buys their own Rocket to the Moon or a Mission to Mars. If you ever wondered how Disney got his rockets to take off perfectly and land on the launch platform vertically years before SpaceX, here's the link to view: Walt Disney Vintagraph
My daughter's friend says that every time she rides in our performance MS she keeps waiting for takeoff. I told her that with the MX on order if accelerated with FWD up would reach liftoff. Who knows?
The falcon wing doors have no positive angle of incidence to the oncoming airstream so no lift even if the car let you do anything but low speed driving with the doors open
Clearance when FWD are open: No photo (hard to hold a tape measure and take the pic at the same time), but when the X is on the 'Very High' suspension setting, the lowest point of the fully open door appears to be 81". - - - Updated - - - I don't see how it would be possible - and no, my DS did not tell me that.
You take your fancy aerodynamics talk outta here, buzzkiller This thing can fly! Now, just need to think of a way to augment the geometry of the door enough, plus disabling sensors, ... This. Could. Work. And before someone goes all stupid-internet-reply on that - no, I'm not serious. Yet.
Other problem is that once you hit takeoff speed your wheels no longer have traction so you'll just glide back down, so it'll be more like a porpoise than a falcon . It'll also be a bumpy ride. Take it from someone who got a Ford Mustang airborne, it's not as fun as it sounds
Just like SpaceX, once liftoff and achieve suborbital flight need to figure out how to do proper re-entry and landing. Isn't the chairman of Tesla Motors involved in that space venture?