[FM] Hovermax

[Frenkie]

This is the worklog of my entree in the Enermax Crazy Twister competition. A quit simple assignment; make something crazy with an Enermax fan. Well, I decided to give my PC some extra airflow from the top of the case and make it look like a stealth plane
First I made some designes in SketchUp, using the geometry of the Enermax Magma 120mm [UCMA12] and the Enermax Cluster 80mm [UCCL8].

( I'm posting this log in a few chunck, just to keep you occupied )

[Frenkie]

Here are the two "victims", who were provided by my good friends from Space Promotion.

This is the position I want them to stand.

For body I use my favorite material called Vikureen, also know as polystyreen.
It's so easy to use, just measure; make a shallow cut....

..and the cut follows the lines perfectly.

[Frenkie]

Thanx man.

The top of the microtower is 370 x 180 mm (14.5" x 7"), so thats the size of the mod.

The size of the fans dictated the cuts I made here.

Here you can see the SketchUp drawing and the mod in front of it.

I cut a larger hole in the top, to let the air in.

The smaller fan will provide an exhaust airflow.

For that reason I cut holes in front of the small fan and underneath the large one.

Wow! These fan are very easy to disassemble! What a great idea from Enermax !
I found it was very easy also to get the fans painted.

I painted them metallic silver.

After assembly I stuck the Enermax decall back on to it.

[Frenkie]

This is the large fan now, looks good !

And with just 7 Volt, it spins like a cat and looks very posh

The angle of the fan is fixed, so this piece will make that solid.

After the construction-glue was cured, I can slide it in very easy.

And there it is.

Sideview.

The fan on the back sucks hot air from the case, so it gets a duct.

Other side, with more polystyreen added.

[Frenkie]

Frenkie, this is SUPER exciting for me to see, and its opened up a whole new world of questions that I want to ask you. I know hovercrafts, especially recreational and racing hovercraft, are huge across the pond, so what is your inspiration for the hovercraft case design?

I've actually built multiple hovercraft, and raced in the National Hoverally in the US, so if you are new to hovercraft and need another source or anything I'm here for ya. Again, its super cool you are doing a hovercraft inspired case, and I'm jealous I couldn't get to the idea before you. The TBCS post I made is here.

It looks soo cool. The building with your friends is awesome. The driving reminds me of Ken Block I really love the different designs. If I were your neighbour, I would be totaly hooked on this hobby!

About my little fiddling; I was planning to make a hovercraft-like vehicle from the enermax fan, but getting the skirt and let alone getting it to hoover, posed a too great problem to overcome in such a short time. So about 3/4 of the project I changed my plan to a stealth plane. Watch this thread, you wont be disappointed.

[Frenkie]

Now a tricky part, a rudder ! The Vikureen is just 2 mm thick.

Added a tiny little hinge.

And here is the connecting piece.

The main hinges I made from simple ear-swap sticks.

With glue, curing for a while.

This is how it should function.

Straight....

...to the left...

..and to the right. It works !

Oops. I forgot to spraypaint the back, quickly corrected.

And now with mounted rudder.

[Frenkie]

Lights please !

Oooh shiny logo !

I spraypainted the rear of the duct in dull black, to get a little more contrast.

These will form the air intakes of the stealthplane.

Had some ACRyan mesh left, very nice material to cover the intakes.

Hmmm, that cable sticks out too far, I better get it inside.

There, thats much better.

For finishing I used a technique called "kit-bashing". From redundant plastic scale models ( planes, cars and boats ) I use small parts to add more detail to the mod.

Some can be very tiny

[Frenkie]

With filler I filled the largest cracks.

More details added, I think it will look very nice when its done.

This hinge part was damaged...

So I better stick something over it, to conceal it

More detail added.

Just use my imagination to stick it on.

Fastened the wings, ready to paint.

Primer coats.

[Frenkie]

Adding egg-shell black to the mod.

And here is the end result;

The contest voting starts tomorrow, Im really eager to see what the others have made!

I hope you liked reading this worklog as much as I have enjoyed making it.

Frenkie

[Frenkie]

Just got the link to the webpage where you can see all contestants. A bit disappointed there are only 7 participants. Some are really very ingeniously, but also some are...... ahwell.
Take a look for yourself and vote for who you think deserves it. Thanx again for your attention !

http://www.enermax.co.uk/crazytwister/the-vote.html