Cybertruck; Failed to understand basic material engineering principles.

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  1. Georgina Rudkus

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    The hard stainless steel panels are mounted to a highly flexible aluminum frame with "glue."
     
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    Or you did not understand the Cybertruck is designed for appearance, not real life work & heavy driving.
     
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    Aluminum flexes with movement and has a higher coefficient of expansion with temperature changes.

    "Gluing a highly flexible material to a highly rigid panel will quickly result in bonding failure.

    That's why aircraft are riveted and bolted together, and adhesive are only used with materials with a very similar Young's modulus.
     
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    Rate of expansion with temp raise?
     
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    But stainless isn't glued to aluminum, but ordinary steel. Since I haven't heard of entire body sub panels falling off, I'm going to assume Tesla used a a more secure method to attach the plain steel to aluminum.

    Plenty wrong with the Cybertruck, no need to make claims based on errors.
     
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    I recall in my WWII unFRAMed destroyer that we had modifications that attached aluminum to a steel hull. Lots of yachts built that way too.
     
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    That's fine, if done in the correct method. A lot failed in use.

    With the Cybertruck, it has failed early in use.
     
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    Yeah yeah yeah, constant incessant anti-tesla hard on. That's fine. Don't ever give a thought to flaws on Toyota a hypocritical 2nd thought. Or any other manufacturer LOL

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    Hopefully that drives a point home. Like the baseball movie quote if you build it they will come? If you're looking for issues you will find them, regardless of manufacturer. But don't let that stop anyone from hunting them down.

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    I think the main thing is when poop happens, own up to it, make it right.
     
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    Unheard of
     
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