Woah thanks everyone who've replied to this thread so far and helped with all the input
I can't thank you all enough, especially you Matt!
Now back to the Tesla Coil:
I don't really want to change the secondary coil winding's so I'm going to keep that the same.
For my version 1 Tesla Coil I'll just leave the spark gap without a fan but I will move the copper tubes further away from each other. I'm planning to build another Tesla Coil after this one to be more effective after this one works.
I'm planning to try tune the Primary Coil by moving the wire every few centimeters at a time. If this does not work, then I will go ahead and build a new Primary Coil.
Does anyone know any good effective designs for Primary Coils?
And thanks ()blivion, I think I will make that Chicken Stick
Thanks everyone and can't wait for any of your replies
P.S. gary350, the reason why I didn't buy any capacitors / buy designs is because of what Matt said with how its a student project so I don't want to spend too much money and I want it to be "My Own Design".
Thanks