How strong will be CT's glass (Transparent Metal)?

[Suskis]

We have seen that a glass roof can sustain an incredible amount of force (2 men can climb on a Model S glass roof and it won't flinch). But this happens because the glass roof is curved. The curve itself makes it extremely strong, just in old roman bridges.
So: CT has all flat glasses. Ok, they are "transparent metal" but a flat surface is a lot more fragile than a curved one (A LOT). What worries me are both the front windshield (that can be hit by flying rocks) and athe upper roof (that one could walk on, not to mention other events like the CT toppling)
Do you think the glass is so much stronger than normal glass that it will be as good as standard curved glass?

 

[Crissa]

It is much stronger. Instead of resisting like the curve via hardness, it also resists by having a little flex (hence bouncing the steel balls in the demo).

It would be neat to see the numbers on this.

Here's a cool article on the supplierhttps://insideevs.com/news/387826/what-is-tesla-armor-glass/

-Crissa

 

[CyberMoose]

It will be very interesting to see what sort of tests that people do when they start receiving their Cybertrucks, on both the body and the glass. I suspect the glass will be a lot stronger than regular gas, curved or not. We will see it's breaking points when youtubers start hitting it with stuff, throwing metal balls at it, and of course there will be at least one channel where they shoot it.

 

[CybrTrkWdWk]

Good point about the curve adding strength but if it is ALON glass which most industry people assume it is, then it is four times harder than your standard fused silica glass which sounds to me like more added strength than the slight curve in most windshields IMHO. This will likely also be the glass used for the huge window on the SpaceX Starship. I'm looking forward to all the youtube window destruction videos too.