Love how you pirouette with the camera Randy. I feel like I am dancing in the air.

Dude as a European this kinda giant building construction is just insane!

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

In America we do everything big :)

@rubenbraekman4515

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn I can tell 😅 we just don't have such insanely large properties here

@larrybuzbee7344

2 жыл бұрын

Texas alone is roughly twice the size of Germany, also no Alps.

@ 14:25 For the second day I've noticed... Definitely an improvement in traffic flow.

9:30 Far left and far right of screen. Someone joked a few times that it seems whenever a roadbed is prepared, that is the signal for the underground utilities guys to hurry over and dig it back up..... We see on the left another digging up of the roadbed prepared last week, and the one on the far right that was prepared this week is now also being trenched......

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, the underground utilities guys are not only digging up a freshly prepared road bed... They've upgraded their skills. They are now digging up freshly laid 8 foot diameter stormwater pipe @ 8:03.

@gregallen7045

2 жыл бұрын

Lots of screwups but progress always

1:27 new glass is for the tall sections of the irregular concrete siding on the west side. The window is sideways on it's "side". Rotate the pane 90 degrees so it's tall vertically, and you'll see it fits in the taller sections without concrete siding.

@FutureAZA

2 жыл бұрын

Won't be long now. Can't wait to see it.

@coreycoddington8132

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@ourwetdogs106

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts too - not sure how the panes will be joined together without vertical strut for stability though - will be interesting to see how this will be done. Confident these guys know what they are doing.

@FutureAZA

2 жыл бұрын

@@ourwetdogs106 I think it's going to wind up being gorgeous. That's my speculation. Can't wait to find out in a few days.

@coreycoddington8132

2 жыл бұрын

Usually when they go to stories they just beefed-up the moleon Honda window

I really like how you introduced the daily highlights or take away as you call them.

The missing panels on the east side are all done, great progress. Thanks for the video.

Nice video of the gigapress area Randy!

Good morning Randy, thanks for the video. At 8:37 you can see where the width of the dug out section narrows and returns to the original spacing between columns. I believe that this is part of the wastewater treatment and rainwater storage for the plant.

good Job !! I LOVE your Sound !!!!

Liked the music today!

7:33 Two observations First, everyone notice that the southern alley pit narrows significantly on both sides about the same point as the transition from the stamping cathedral and the body in white. I've noticed it for a while but I thought that when they got down that far that they would widen it to continue with the drilling of the deep concrete piers. But in this shot, they clearly haven't widened it and are drilling piers no longer in line with the northern end of the pit. hmmm. Doesn't make sense and definitely not normal. Second: At the top of the image we can see the black pipes that were previously laid down beside the GA building, covered up, then dug back up. Since they aren't in the trash, it looks like they may reuse them? In addition, I always thought it weird when they installed them the first time down the side of the GA building because that meant that they would be unable to install any building posts over them. Maybe someone figured that out and they are going to put columns down the edge.

@davidharris7249

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I had noticed the narrowing, too. I think it just means that they need the 9-pier foundations for very heavy equipment, and the 4-pier foundations for lighter equipment. There is no reason the alley has to be uniform. Perhaps the narrower section will need additional posts installed, and that necessitates moving the pipes, or not.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

Dale, I had noticed that they had used plastic pipe (The Black Pipe) for this water also. After thinking about it I realized that there was no metal used anywhere in the treatment system, maybe they do not want metal ions in this water that is used in the paint process.

@jeffbransky6499

2 жыл бұрын

I keep wondering if the west wall of the stamping building, which is still paneled in concrete, will be an exterior wall in the final configuration so a courtyard will be there. The blue wall would be inside of the finished structure. Just speculating.

@LinasVepstas

2 жыл бұрын

They previously added unused long rebar posts along the west side of GA. Sheathed them in plastic, and buried them. Everyone thought that was mysterious, except for Dessie who said that they'll be dug up later, and wired into new piers. Well, later is arriving. The only problem is -- that 8' black pipe is in the way of doing this. So, here's what I think is happening: the black pipe gets ripped out. The buried half-finished piers will be dug up and finished. Then the black pipe will be reinstalled. What a hassle. Only problem is that small freshly laid green sewage pipe will now be in the way. Heh.

@DessieDoolan

2 жыл бұрын

@@LinasVepstas The thing about those footings with the sheathed rebar is that the spacing doesn't line up with the new footings in the pit. So the 'just in case' footing design might not have worked out entirely. They might not utilize them at all. They did use them further north: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iK2DuMlrhq-TaZc.html Did you notice the short drilling rig working under the new structure just north of the pit at 8:15. If they knew 3 months ago when they constructed that row of footings what they were going to do 5m further south they would have constructed them differently. It's a design in progress.

Hey randy i love your drone videos

Great music in the background, thanks Randy.

Thanks Randy.

Looked like the workers were getting a pep talk @ 12:16.

With the CT reportedly being delayed to late 2022 does anyone think that the CT will be built in a separate building? I can see the current building just being used for Model Y and later Model 3. The last shareholder deck still had CT in development and not in construction. Steel Dynamics Sinton plant is still under construction as well.

1.5 million vehicles per year at Giga Austin. AKA 150% more vehicles than Fremont and Shanghai combined. We can figure out plant capacity based upon the number of gigapresses. People seem to be settling in on 200k - 250k castings per year per press and 2 presses per car (front and back casting). Its looking to me like 8 casting machines in the first row and 6 in the second row. If that is correct then there would be 7 pairs. Total factory output between 1.4 million and 1.75 million vehicles per year. I am guessing cyber trucks will be a little slower due to the size = slightly slower press throughput.

@musaran2

2 жыл бұрын

They might still improve the giga-press cycle time. The Fremont Flyover showed a 1st cycle, then weeks later a 2nd noticeably shorter cycle. Unfortunately I don't remember the numbers.

Really nice music!!!!!

Thanks Randy. Jocó Hungary

Wunderbar

Great work Randy. Are you able to get a view inside the general assembly area from the central pit area?

@FutureAZA

2 жыл бұрын

He would lose signal to the drone, I bet.

At 11:21 I thought this was going to be a cyber truck outline, it looks like they skipped the front wheels, can someone explain this to me if i am missing something

@davidharris7249

2 жыл бұрын

It is just a design feature. I expect they wanted full-height glass in those locations, and rather than an abrupt change in height decided on a sloped transition.

@LACHIVA1969

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidharris7249 or maybe the wheels can be added with a different paint tone.

@TerafactoryTexas

2 жыл бұрын

My guess on this is that the front wheels and even the sloped angle of the bed can be added via paint or custom vinyl wall/window coverings. I've seen the latter applied to concrete walls before and they can literally last for years.

8:03 are they removing the black storm pipe? That's the pipe that turned and went under the building a few sections south of where they are working now.

@LinasVepstas

2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are. Comment above proposes a reason for this: its in the way of creating piers along the east side of GA, which they will need, to roof over the central corridor.

@domenicdefrancesco

2 жыл бұрын

I think you're right in your other comment. Thanks for the input

Merci👍👍👍

Does anyone know what the heck the big dig is in the southern gap? What is the speculation on this part of the construction. I'm drawing a complete blank on what it's for.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

What we do know from the footing locations is that there will be columns that are offset from existing columns to the north. The east-west spacing will be wider. However, the north-south spacing will be closer together then existing columns. Not enough information yet to make a prediction.

@johnweiner

2 жыл бұрын

Adding to the mystery is that the excavation appears to be tapered, heading south..narrower at the southern end than at the northern end.

@Les_S537

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn Could this be where they might be doing the semis/cybertruk? I know the presses are on the other end of the building, but since the cybertruk isn't going to be painted my thoughts are maybe the parts just move to this section to be put together with the stamped parts coming out of the south end of the building... I guess what I'm thinking is the cybertruk and semi lines would be different than the Y lines that have a more traditional construction assembly process.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@Les_S537 That is entirely possible. But we have to explain the reason for column spacing and the excavation in order to have a good theory.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@Les_S537 Also, we have to be able to explain why the column spacing changes towards the south. As the excavation gets narrower.

Has anyone determined why the spacing of the footings in the big pit completely deviate from the rest of the complex? What’s going in and above the big pit anyway? Also, the big new windows might be installed vertically in the big upper gap on the west wall.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

Anything at this point are just wild guesses. But the increase in column spacing in the east-west direction may indicate a need to accommodate wide equipment or a need for a wide work space. However... The column spacing in the north-south direction is closer together. Which may indicate a need to support heavy loads. To complicate matters, the east-west column spacing changes towards the south as the pit narrows. So my limited speculation at this point is... * Possible bridge crane * Possible need for a wide work space or wide equipment. * Possible heavy loads. I realize this doesn't help much, but there isn't enough known to make more accurate guesses. Furthermore, the purpose of the excavation remains unknown. Because the changes in column spacing could have been done without excavating the pit.

Would you annotate/label the video to show what work is going on as the drone video's playing?

Anyone know what the new "space frames" going in the little gap at the roof are for?

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

They are roof trusses. Designed to span the wide gap. The first floor bridge crane required removal of the center row of columns from the design. Making the gap too wide for conventional steel beams.

@FutureAZA

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn This is the correct answer. You can get plenty of load bearing capacity from I-Beams, but with a span that wide, they'd be an oversized load. Unless you require substantial roof integrity, like to hang equipment, a spaceframe is plenty adequate at a fraction of the price, especially on larger spans.

TESLA to be painted on roof soon

@James-pw3xl

2 жыл бұрын

My idea would be to paint Musk at the bottom of the sewer pump stations :)