well our team, 1024, design a CVT VST (continious velocity, torque, variable speed transmission). it uses bevel gears and three planetary gear systems. then we ran into the problem: it was gonna weigh around 30 lbs!!! so i was told to design a casing to replace the alumnium box it was going in (around half the weighht). well we ran out of time, but i did get a nifty looking case made from a FDM prototyping machine. Hopefully (crosses fingers) we will have it done at IRI. we had two allision transmission engineers helping us design, so hopefully we can have something to show for my 10+ straight weeks of doing CAD for this. and yes i did start in the offseason..and yes it is still not done
