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Let's talk CT wiper......
- Thread starter QuadB
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scottf200
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Please realize this has been talked about ad nauseam in many threads, articles, youtube videos, etc?
Meaning it is unclear what unique angle you think a new thread will have?
Generic google: tesla cybertruck windshield wiper - Google Search
TeslaMotorsClub google search: tesla cybertruck windshield wiper site:teslamotorsclub.com - Google Search
Meaning it is unclear what unique angle you think a new thread will have?
Generic google: tesla cybertruck windshield wiper - Google Search
TeslaMotorsClub google search: tesla cybertruck windshield wiper site:teslamotorsclub.com - Google Search
israndy
Supercharger Hunter
That last thread hasn’t been touched in 15 months so I guess it’s safe to talk about the wiper again?
My take is: I can already hear the wind noise.
Watts_Up
Well-Known Member
Yes, I was wondering why it is not stored horizontally behind the hood?
ChadS
Last tank of gas: March 2009
Shortly before the Model X was introduced, we all saw tons of photos of the car that looked like this:
Is that the case here? Well, we'll find out when a customer gets one, I guess...
Is that the case here? Well, we'll find out when a customer gets one, I guess...
The hood is flush with the window so there’s nowhere for the wiper to go.
Definitely removable. We've seen it removed and installed on the same prototype.
scottf200
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ArchHamster
Member
I also worry about the wind noise. In airliners, vertically stowed wipers are less desirable than the more common horizontally stowed ones because the vertical ones vibrate a ton more in response to wind going over the windscreen. Maybe at car speeds, this can be more easily mitigated. I'm interested in hearing first buyer's reports.
Kind of another first world problem. People are usually resistant to change, and this would be something new.
Wipers are usually removable with just one nut. Might also need to unplug the washer fluid tube as well. Kind of a nothing burger here till they beging rolling out to customers.
Wipers are usually removable with just one nut. Might also need to unplug the washer fluid tube as well. Kind of a nothing burger here till they beging rolling out to customers.
Can’t. The wiper needs to clear the cameras in the top middle for Autopilot to work. If they did two shorter wipers on each side that don’t, or just barely, overlap the cameras wouldn’t get cleared. If they did two large wipers that both clear the cameras there would be too long of pause in each one to allow the opposite side wiper to clear out of the way.
Tesla has been known to make moves prematurely anyways - removing radar, ultrasonics, etc. Why not just have one tiny wiper right above the cameras to just clear rain for FSD? Why does the passenger sitting in the former drivers seat need to see when it’s raining anyways
. The eccentric motion doesn't work starting from the horizontal. The blade must travel horizontally, or otherwise something super funky is being implemented.
Watts_Up
Well-Known Member
Will the blade be guided both at the top and the bottom or only at the bottom?
Here was some experiments that Brian Jenkins did on his i1Tesla Youtube channel, back in September 2019:
israndy
Supercharger Hunter
Remember how TALL the windshield is in the CyberTruck, it's like a flat Model X windshield. If the wiper goes over the camera it will likely also go over the eye level of the passenger. It's a Big Ass Wiper
EDIT: sorry, I mean Big-Ass Wiper, not the other way
EDIT: sorry, I mean Big-Ass Wiper, not the other way
