We were tasked with designing a two-stage compound gearbox for use in the Solar Impulse plane, the first solar-powered fixed-wing plane to circumnavigate the world. A MATLAB script was used to optimize its design. Engineering constraints were obtained from an engineer that worked on the project, making the project realistic, and challenging. Project was done in groups of 3.
Project Report
Technical Drawings
SolarImpulseReport_Group12_Redacted.pdf
DRAWINGS-MERGED.pdf
Please keep in mind these drawings were done before I knew how to properly dimension drawings ;) They were also not meant for actual manufacturing, just for the professor to make sure the assembly made sense.