I was assuming they requested that you pay for most of your project materials anyways. I was thinking this project could likely be kept somewhere around the $250 range. You don't need a "good" rc engine, just get a worn out one. Of course it's not set up for steam but it doesn't matter...
Man, I got a dandy of a project idea for you to think about. It'll be neat to if you can do something with it. So you can probably make this into either an electrical engineering project or a mechanical project. I'm not sure what the requirements are typically on a project but I bet you can...
Sure, I have a brain spoof for you guys.
The thought has occurred to me that a person knocks out a 4 year degree only to work for a company in perhaps a not so like-able job. Can't a person just form their own product and make the rough prototype and just pay engineers to go back through...
Thanks ahead of time for thoughts and I hope they don't delete my thread as I'm sure this is probably a normal question. I live in the NYC metro area here on the NJ side of the river. This question is about my path of pursuit being electrical or mechanical engineering. They are both...