Planning My next Project Ideas

Well as most of you know I recently finished my latest project Sidewinder and ATM I'm planning my next one. For this I would like to have a lot of input from you guys.

My plan is to build a very light and small mod.

Cooling: Air or Water
Motherboard: ITX
PSU : SFX12V (small)



wolfie

 

The initial design is going towards a Stealth type plane/boat




My first attempt at rendering:



This mod is supposed to be made out of carbon to make it very light and sturdy.

wolfie

 

Looks interesting, but how will you open it? A normal door seems hard to manage while keeping the stealth look. And space is also definitily (definetily?) going to be a issue here. I'm lookin forward to seeing more pics/updates

 

I'm probably going to make it like a drawer, so that I can pull out the complete rig.


made it a bit more bumpy and with a little lighting



not really sure if I should keep the middle post on the air intake

wolfie

 

WOW....wicked design....I'd ditch the middle post though

 

put it on wheels!

 

Actually i think it looks good, imo, i would make the openings a bit more narrow, it looks unnecessary and i think it would cause spatial problems as far as the location of the case.
Also, i wouldn't want to hit my leg by accident on one of those pointy edges..

Try putting a black mesh on the fan and see how it looks, it would also protect things from.. well.. hitting the fan

 

if it was on wheels it would roll away

 

Carbon fiber should be used with organic shapes.

Otherwise, I like it. You should use some of the fan duct space for a hidden USB/esata port.

 

thanks

thanks for your input

renders this pic just for you ( Lian Li wheels)
Kind of looks like a funny car thing.

I love you, yea your right carbon should be in sheet and wavy parts and not on corners.
My first try making something roundish with Soap Skin & Bubble
plugin. For some reson getting weird pointy bits on it
Wish ther was a kind of brain plug in so that I can transfer my ideas to the PC because what I've got in my mind doesn't look any thing like that.



Oh well I already planed on doing a bunch of mock-ups like I did on Sidewinder.


wolfie

 

i prefer the original design with no wheels..
try adding a narrow "aerodynamic" window on the original and see what happens.

 

after a talk with cchr I came up with this:

A cone/ bullet thing


and a very ruff sketch of it with fan and feet



wolfie

 

nice, i like it
a teardrop shaped base would look good on it i think

cheers,
chris

 

Wow the most recent pictures look really good! And yes I think ditching the wheels idea will be good

 

thanks chis

ATM I am moving, remodeling my workshop from the attic to basement, and trying to find sme stuff for photographing. So that I can make more pics of the Sidewinder

staying with the cone, did a rocket for fun




wolfie

 

Carbon and rocket don't fit to getter I think .

 

i think you should go back to your original idea stealth, maybe SFF case and hinge the top like and armour case

may be like that one in james bond oh wait *sec* linkie

http://tiny.cc/qxnff
or even
http://tiny.cc/dzefp

oh and carbon fibre rox
i have a CF fetish!!!!!

 

Hey it looks kinda of like my case Aelro Dynamic! The hardest part about your case is getting crisp edge lines. Doing a multi-faceted design, is very complex, just look at my project log for Aelro. You either have to weld the edges, or create mounting for all the flat pieces, which, can be a pain! You say you want to do it out of CF, I commend you for trying, getting tight crisp edges with CF will have its challenges once again. Stunning design by the way, I will keep my eye on this.

 

Ha, looks like a rocket. {insert clever scientific phrase}

 

like the design. Just a heads up. Part of the stealth design was to not create 90 degree angles. the outboard sides of your inlet seem to be very close to 90 degree angles. You might try adding a flat triangle shape to eliminate it and add a little different shape.

love this design. reminds me of a high bypass turbo fan. the only problem I see is airflow. The cpu cooler and power supply seem to KILL the airflow.