1. Helicarrier : Project Aether
ME 1700 - Section A . Instructor: Dr.Raghu Pucha . TA:Jacob Sebastian
Noah Wolfert , Michael Cole , Will Stock , Vikas Molleti, Evan Williamson

2. Outline
● Part Models
○ Individual member
parts
● Assembly Models
○ Sub assemblies
○ Final assemblies
● Challenges
● Rendered Views
● Final Animation

3. Body of the Helicarrier (Evan Williamson)
Upper shell/Hangar area Lower shell of the base
Inner Hydraulic Piston
Outer Hydraulic Piston
Office
Door
EMALS
Control
Panel
Joystick
Lower shell of the base

4. Hangar Door
Hangar Runway
Control Panel
Office Building
Hangar Walls
Flange
Flange Bolt Hinge Bolt
Body Of the Helicarrier Cont.

5. Body of Helicarrier Sub-assemblies (Evan Williamson)

6. Exploded View (Evan Williamson)

7. Helicarrier Thruster (Vikas Molleti)
Fan Blade HolderFan Mesh Propeller Holder Propeller
ShellThruster Container Fan Blade

8. Mid SegmentForward
Segment
AFT Segment
and Nozzle
AFT SkirtFrustumThruster Cone Mid Segment
Thruster
Assembly
(Vikas Molleti)

9. Fan Sub Assembly (Vikas Molleti)

10. Complete Sub Assembly of
Thruster (Vikas Molleti)

11. Helicarrier Bridge (Michael Cole)
Tower Floor One
Tower Floor Two
Tower Floor
Three
Bridge and Base of Tower
Observation Dome
Antenna

12. Helicarrier Bridge Cont.
Lower Fins
Upper Fins
Revolving Satellite Dish
Subassembly

13. Helicarrier Bridge Subassembly

14. Exploded View (Michael Cole)

15. Air Intake Cap
Central Shaft
Connector Exhaust Shroud Filler

16. Intake Shroud Fan Blade
Main Body Strut

19. Runways & Armaments (Noah Wolfert)
Main Runway
Deck Smoother
Secondary Runway
Rack
Lift Platform
Pinion

20. Runways & Armaments Cont.
Anti Aircraft Turret
Base
Guidance
Missiles

21. Runways & Armaments Subassemblies
Complete Assembly
Missile Turret Assembly

22. Noah Wolfert
Runways &
Armaments
Exploded
View

23. Challenges
● The greatest challenge was the scale of this project. We chose an
extremely large vehicle and so we had to decide what we wanted to
focus on in the project.
○ Solution: Sacrificing intricate details from each subassembly and only drafting
enough parts as was needed to have a functional model.
● During animation and rendering, the runway part’s appearance and material
selection was constantly removed, changing the desired black color to a tan.
○ Solution: Solidworks was not properly loading the appearances from the
current subassembly so we had to load the runway subassembly before
loading the complete assembly
● Creating windows for the parts in the Bridge and the Hull. Split command was
not working for us.
○ We decided to extrude cut the outline of the window on a desired part, then use the
extrude to next surface command to create a thin wall. The material and appearance of
this wall was then changed to glass.

24. Rendered Views

30. Final Animation
Animation URL Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_fqesT9uxw&feature=youtube_gdata

31. Conclusion
– The Individual and Team projects for this class
were entirely enjoyable in that they allowed a
broad expanse of creativity on our parts and
the means to realize our imaginations with the
use of Solidworks Software.
– As is normal with learning, communication is always
a difficult point. In our case, the communication is
between us and the Solidworks program. We must
learn to work in terms the software will understand
to create our goals. This is often the most frustrating
but also most rewarding when everything goes right.
– Drawings are Hard, but they help. A lot.