May
29
Today, we had our open house! It was a nice celebration with a lot of guests! We had attendees from as far away as Granite Falls. Lots of our sponsors were also present. In total, we had over 150 guests! Our InvenTeam gave another great and informative presentation and then we called up Kalyz and presented the Cascade trike to her. This event was covered by King 5 News! On top of this, we were informed that King 5 will be running a segment on the Lynden InvenTeam on Tuesday, January 5 at 10 P.M & 11 P.M news. 
May
26
Just a quick update to let you all know that we named our trike, "Cascade". We named our trike "Cascade" after the mountain range in our back yard, because this experience has been like climbing a mountain...step after step after step...sometimes exciting, often difficult and tedious, but in the end extremely rewarding and exhilarating. Also, the Cascade Mountain Range was the first thing discovered in Washington. Just like this is our first leaning recumbent trike.
May
17
We are very honored to be one of the four chosen teams to present at EurekaFest! We are currently holding practices so that we can fairly determine who will be the speakers for the presentation. Currently, a few community members are reaching out to us and helping us prepare and we really appreicate that. A huge thank you to everyone!
May
15
- We are working on our steering system ( a single tie rod and drag link system)
- A-arms were attatched
- The crank set was placed in
- Worked on seat mounting
- Hydraulic hose links and attaching the hydraulic control valve.
- We worked on our front and back de-railers and chain guides
May
13
Roger South (All Tech Services) worked with us on hydraulic hose links and attaching the hydraulic control valve. A very special thanks to him!
May
11
Gary Graham (inventor) brought us aluminum, pulleys, wheels & misc. items to help with our invention. He was extremely helpful and we really appreciate it.
May
08
Just wanted to let you all know that we have a new date for our open house. The new date is Tuesday, May 29th, 2012. Check into the Upcoming Events page for more details.
May
07
Assemble the A-arms, hydraulics, and steering and test each system.
Test the electronic control of the hydraulic systems.
Mount the chain system on the final frame.
Finalize the seat mounts for the new trike frame.
Next week have Kalyz test ride the trike!
May
02
We have two sets of A-Arms one of aluminum and one of Chromalloy steel. One offers a ridged support with spring shocks and the other is an independent suspension.
Programming of the Arduino by Lynden Students is progressing.
But the main accomplishment is the infusing of the final frame and assembly of the two halves of the monocoqueframe. It turned out better than we thought it would. The basic shell is less than 6 pounds! We may be able to reach our goal of a trike that is less than 35 pounds.
Lynden InvenTeam 2012
Blog Editor
- Harmeen Kaur
- Lynden, Washington, United States
- I loved documenting this entire experience of the Lynden InvenTeam. It was one crazy experience and I'm glad I had the opportunity to record each and almost every single one of our memorable moments!
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