Hi Kent, sure thing! (By the way, the support from cgcookie is amazing!)
Ive tried all kinds of tweaks, googled myself, my last state was the half cylinder solidified, but all the same: when changing the speed from e.g. 1 to 0.1, physical mayhem starts.
Phew, so a semi-noob posts a blender scene to blender pros, not intimidating at all ;-):