Hi all. Has anyone come up with a solution to the front camera getting snow covered? Sprays and waxes don’t work. I could 3d print something but I don’t want to reinvent the wheel if someone has already done it.

I agree. I’ll see if the initial concept works first. I can add the nose later.

If you are using PLA with less then 50% infill I’m betting the auger would just chew it up.

I agree but for now it is just a test. I printed Petg at 5% infill. We shall see.

Unfortunately my printer has issues and I won’t get fixing it soon. However the concept seems to work with the prototype. Firstly the augered snow is deflected away from the camera minimizing snow and ice on the lens. Secondly I believe, although this is a very early observation, that the auger i…

[IMG_20260110_110522538_AE] someone said I should put a nose on it :rofl:

Lol, that’s definitely going to catch snow:zany_face::zany_face::zany_face::joy:

Lol. We’ll see. The deflector behind the nose seems to prevent auger snow from getting on the cameras. That being said I haven’t used it in windy, snowy storms.

I certainly wasn’t expecting to see that! Made me laugh!

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someone said I should put a nose on it

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