I developed this new gearbox design in the off season for my team (229).
Both team 234 and team 20 voiced interest in using this new design for the 2005 season.
Of course, we were more than willing to provide it.
I would have posted the full design...
(found here:
http://www.team229.org/resources/19/) as a whitepaper, but it was still completely unproven. (The always wise, Andy Baker recommended I wait, and see what breaks before providing a whitepaper).
We (229) are VERY happy with it's performance. This gearbox has proved itself to be everything we hoped.
I will definitely find some time in the offseason
(sometime after moving to Texas after graduation!) to update the drawings and release a full whitepaper.
On another note -- If you goto the link I posted above, you can see a full manufacturing print package created for this gearbox design. It has been REALLY cool to see our kids working off this full set of drawings. (We rarely go into this level of detail with part numbers, assembly drawings, and such).
Stop by our pits in Rochester and Cleveland if you're interested in seeing more.
-John