“Grid fins are stowed on ascent and then deploy on reentry for "x-wing" style control. Each fin moves independently for pitch/yaw/roll.”
The tweet archive.
15 years of Elon, fully searchable. The production archive uses Supabase as the source of truth, with 94,952 indexed tweets available in development as a full-archive fallback and a curated annotation layer for context, theory, and how major claims aged.
“Testing operation of hypersonic grid fins (x-wing config) going on next flight http://t.co/O1tMSIXxsT”
“Tesla priority is electrification of cars, so priority is Model S, Model X, then mass market third gen vehicle & truck”
“Model X review by Jim Motavalli. I think he likes the car. http://t.co/aY1nx9FP http://www.forbes.com/sites/eco-nomics/2012/02/13/why-the-tesla-model-x-is-a-home-run/”
“Tesla Model X is 3rd most searched term on Google, right after purple squirrel. Damn you squirrel! http://t.co/jP9H5XrB”
“Tesla Model X video http://t.co/pjcaicOc http://onforb.es/AnzX7A”
“@TeslasBigFan Don't worry, we've got a cool solution for ski storage on the X with the Falcon wing doors”
“Model X sketch showing just a bit more leg. Unveiling tonight... http://t.co/KASHBP5p”
“Cool new @NASA pic of the most powerful type of solar flare, called X-class. Am not making this up! http://t.co/eJKSQqvO”
“@BenToBeWild Yes, we will unveil a fully functional advanced prototype of the Model X -- almost identical to production.”
“The most interesting view of the Model X is really with the doors open http://t.co/On77BuiU”
“The Model X unveiling will be webcast live on http://t.co/S4ZQwTgq at 8pm on Feb 9th. Most cars are pretty blah. This is not. http://teslamotors.com”
“Feb is huge month. Model X world premier and public reveal of our LA design studio on the 9th. Stay tuned for more details.”
