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[DrKnow65]

JThiesses, no aerospace experience here :) >did feel like a cool mistake to have someone make about me though LOL<. I'm familiar with the rapid prototyping and I understand they are using a ceramic type medium nowadays. Would work for the shock but not the motor... Yes, lots of heat involved, thats why I have to wait on the ceramic alloy (amalgum?).

[lutach]

DrKnow65,

Here are some materials to think about:

Sapphire, Sialon, Tungsten Carbide (The material I have a sample of), Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal (TZP) (Might be a good choice). You might also want to try and contact a few of the pioneers of super strong Nano Tube technology, I'm sure they would love to create something new.

[DrKnow65]

Lutach, The TZP looks interesting for bearing apps' not sure it would work for my motor yet though, it has a very low thermal conductuvity so it would act like an insulator. The working temp is low enough that the heat buildup in the combustion chamber would start degrading the TZP before long. So not good for high hours, but mabey good for a high power drag motor where you intend on short service intervals. But it does have good potential for a alloy when they start mixing it with the nano tech. Other problem is it's high expantion rate, but you could machine the tollerances into the parts, it would just need to come up to temp before it's efficient (which would take some time as it is an insulator).

Ceramic-like alloys will be the stuff for this motor eventually, combined with the new "thermal diode" technology they are working on now...

I looked into tungsten carbide as a coating for the steel parts of the motor a while back, have to be careful how it's used as it's brittle (at higher temps). But very hard, and a good heat conductor.

Sapphire and sialon, I had not considered. Will look into them.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by DrKnow65

Lutach, The TZP looks interesting for bearing apps' not sure it would work for my motor yet though, it has a very low thermal conductuvity so it would act like an insulator. The working temp is low enough that the heat buildup in the combustion chamber would start degrading the TZP before long. So not good for high hours, but mabey good for a high power drag motor where you intend on short service intervals. But it does have good potential for a alloy when they start mixing it with the nano tech. Other problem is it's high expantion rate, but you could machine the tollerances into the parts, it would just need to come up to temp before it's efficient (which would take some time as it is an insulator).

Ceramic-like alloys will be the stuff for this motor eventually, combined with the new "thermal diode" technology they are working on now...

I looked into tungsten carbide as a coating for the steel parts of the motor a while back, have to be careful how it's used as it's brittle (at higher temps). But very hard, and a good heat conductor.

Sapphire and sialon, I had not considered. Will look into them.

I never thought of heating my tungsten carbide sample to extreme heat and slamming the hammer on it . I'll try that in the summer time. I know they use it in some high temp oven or as a lighting element. Sapphire as I know is the second hardest material (Diamond comes first), I guess that's why Breitling went with a 3mm thick Sapphire glass for it's Sea Wolf Avenger watches (I have one and it's tough). Has any submarine been able to dive 10000ft? Have you contacted the folks at MIT?

[DrKnow65]

Hey guy's, thought I'd throw up an up-date.

I've got another three weeks on the pins (man this is getting way old). Then I can get to see what kind of dexterity I'll get back. Hand seems to be healing up real well.

On the job front I'm going to get out of the mechanic's field and find and hourly job with some bennie's. I've got an interview tomarrow with ESC (elecronic systems consultants) it's a high end (super high end) home electronic's company. They do home theaters, sound systems, automation, ect... They do a ton of work for the billionares up here in Aspen, wish me luck.

Spent some more time on the motor and hopefully will have it all drawn up befor my "down time" is over. Will keep you posted.

Lutach, no call to mit yet. I think I'll just try to go with current available materials. That should make prototyping easier as the shop won't have to figure out how to work with the material.

[JERRY2KONE]

Of course we all want to hear good news about your recovery. Glad to hear that things seem to be going well at this point. As for the job, that sounds like a pretty cool field to go into at this point as well. Now we know where to go for all of our electronic needs and questions when putting in the new home theater system. Good luck with that interview. There is one problem of cousre. I worked for a millionare a few years a go. They are never satisfied no matter how hard you try or how good your work is. It is just never enough. It can be very frustrating.

Originally Posted by DrKnow65

Hey guy's, thought I'd throw up an up-date.

I've got another three weeks on the pins (man this is getting way old). Then I can get to see what kind of dexterity I'll get back. Hand seems to be healing up real well.

On the job front I'm going to get out of the mechanic's field and find and hourly job with some bennie's. I've got an interview tomarrow with ESC (elecronic systems consultants) it's a high end (super high end) home electronic's company. They do home theaters, sound systems, automation, ect... They do a ton of work for the billionares up here in Aspen, wish me luck.

Spent some more time on the motor and hopefully will have it all drawn up befor my "down time" is over. Will keep you posted.

Lutach, no call to mit yet. I think I'll just try to go with current available materials. That should make prototyping easier as the shop won't have to figure out how to work with the material.

[DrKnow65]

yah Jerry, unfortunatley I have worker for the wealthy before and know just what you are talking about. The saving grace is that I will not have to collect the bill and the more they want, the more ESC makes off the job

ESC has been in Aspen doing business for over 20 years so I'm sure they have a handle on dealing with the politics. Besides I think the owners are well off enough to be in the "in crowd" so I wouldn't expect to see the whole "go ahead and sue me, I'm not paying. I can keep this in litigation till you are bankrupt" thing.

Thanks for the kind wishes either way

[JERRY2KONE]

Hey DrKnow I was just thumbing through my old posts and was wondering how the job search worked out for you and if things are still on the up & up? We hope that you found what you were looking for. How is the recovery going for you? We hope all is well. How about an update for the RCM team.

[DrKnow65]

Thanks for the curiosity Jerry, needed a good reason to spend a few minutes typing and not just reading.

P.S. glad to hear that _Paralized_ is back at it too.

Update! lol, sorry guy's I've been MIA for a few months now... I do pop in to check on things but the time has mostly eluded me.

The job search went VERY well, I scored the integration job (ESCUSA.com if you want to check out how rich people like to spend water- sorry I meant money) The job is going extremely well and I've been putting in some serious hours. Last week was an 80 1/2 hour work week, slept alot on sunday.

I'm doing tech stuff the last two weeks after a stint of pulling wire (grunt work to prove I have good work ethic), the tech stuff is more interesting, since I excell at troubleshooting. I am currently on the "fast track" to client services, basically that means I have to learn every other position short of management inside of a year, but it lands me at the highest paying position short of a desk job.

The RC's are all parked for the time being, had to spend ~$1400 in new low voltage and cordless tools. But it looks like a good thing as lipo's are popping up and prices are falling. Hope they have the MMM issues worked out by the time I have some hard earned play money!

The Habbitat for Humanity house is still behind schedule, but my mom has been up here for a few weeks getting it back on track (wounder woman at 55 years old, she was a cabinet builder for a long time and could never leave the walls in the same place for long at her houses).

Hand is crap, finger is basically there for looks and may be getting a new nuckle when my Ins. kicks in this next few weeks, we'll see. I'm not sure if I can have the down time with the house coming up and all. I'm working around it for now.

Will throw up a few posts now and again as I find time, with the constant stream of raises I should see over the next few months I will be able to cut the work hours back and still make the money we need. Besides once I am an official "tech" I'll have a laptop provided and internet at all the jobs wink wink :)

Oh yah, and the motor got quite a nudge in design completion, with all the down time for the hand, and is not too far from a prototype. I'll find some time somewhere in the next few months to get it going.