creative troubles

[GT40_GearHead]

.....this contest is now my baby i guess.

so... are you still doing the pump??

[Slug Toy]

the pump design is pretty much 100% now. im still doing it, but i dont need to design any more i think. work will start after my exams finish in august, just like i was planning. between now and then i need to go find a case to tear apart....

[GT40_GearHead]

how about making one you're self
a lot more flexible
can you send the full sketch of the complet design

[Slug Toy]

how about making one you're self

well i tried that with the zanzibar thing... didnt work too well to say the least. ive found a couple cases that are pretty much perfect anyways.

can you send the full sketch of the complet design

thank god i kept your email address. coming right up.

[GT40_GearHead]

there is one thing that i cant check of the list
how are you gonna pover the pump
you could use a servo like me a have one the goes at 60rpm high torque
cant stop it by hand

[Slug Toy]

ive been wondering about that too. im sure any medium size 12 volt motor with a good gear-down would work. i just have to find one. ive got time though.... ill figure it out.

im sure i will need some good torque. moving 12 cylinders probably wont be that easy.

[GT40_GearHead]

you do realize that that you shatered the record for the bigest idea zone tread

[Slug Toy]

really? well, i think a gold medal is in order. or maybe at least a sandwich. no? how about some spare change? no? ok, how about a slap in the face then?

i still foresee this thread growing even larger. im sure theres still stuff left to squabble about yet.

[GT40_GearHead]

did you do any more sketching

[Slug Toy]

nothing new to report right now.

im actually in the process of recoiling in horror. my actions in general over the past couple weeks have been rather out of place... and i think i have to step back for a minute and ask "okay, what the hell is going on here?"

dont worry though, everythings fine. i just have to organize and schedule things... something ive never had to do before. the contest is really whats doing it. im firing off an unbelievable number of emails a day now... and chatting with people. lots of talk and mental anguish for not a lot accomplished so far... still no sponsors.

anyways... yes there will be more models. im probably going to start thinking about waterblocks and a radiator design now. lots of fun, more applied fluid dynamics and thermodynamics. cross flow and laminar flow, heat flow rates... and headaches.