New product naming contest: the quadcopter!
Ken Gracey
Posts: 7,401
Hey all,
Nothing like poking a hornet's nest and walking away, but I'm going to ask my esteemed colleague MattG to supervise this thread, manage the expectations and award a prize to the winner (their choice of $250 worth of Parallax products). Since today is Sunday and I don't have time for too much unofficial quadcopter stuff at Parallax during the week I thought we better get this quadcopter named.
Let me tell you a few things about it. First, there's some dialog here http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?133372-Ken-s-QuadCopter-Build-Log-%28now-includes-videos%29 Get the idea? Easy, huh!
Next, this is a community project. Everything about it is (rah rah) open-sourced. The Hoverfly guys are producing an open-sourced Hoverfly OPEN board (until we have it, we'll provide the SPORT version). The airframe drawings are free for anybody's taking, even if they want to manufacture this on their own. No royalty to us, not even recognition!
The quadcopter is an unofficial product in Parallax. It's growing up in front of our eyes on the forums. Kevin Cook, MattG, Nick and myself have squeezed it in around all the other priorities. It's also not to be relied upon as a profit generator. Aside from our airframe, the big investments come from others (Spektrum, Hoverfly, HobbyKing) so we can't burden it with profit. Should be priced so you can build one.
It's time that the Propeller P8X32A shows it's abilities off in multi-rotor and UAV applications.
Also, we favor descriptive names that make sense to search engines and describe the product. The Eddie bot might be an exception to this naming approach. But this product isn't named yet. It would be ideal to include the word "quadcopter" in the name. It uses a Propeller processor, of course. Heck, could even be called Propeller Quadcopter. But since employees of Parallax can't participate somebody else will need to suggest that name.
This contest ends Friday, September 23rd.
Handing over the microphone to MattG for his skilled moderation, crowd management, and overall positive influence. . . to you, Matt [when you get back from the beach vacation!]
Thanks very much for your participation -
Ken Gracey
Nothing like poking a hornet's nest and walking away, but I'm going to ask my esteemed colleague MattG to supervise this thread, manage the expectations and award a prize to the winner (their choice of $250 worth of Parallax products). Since today is Sunday and I don't have time for too much unofficial quadcopter stuff at Parallax during the week I thought we better get this quadcopter named.
Let me tell you a few things about it. First, there's some dialog here http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?133372-Ken-s-QuadCopter-Build-Log-%28now-includes-videos%29 Get the idea? Easy, huh!
Next, this is a community project. Everything about it is (rah rah) open-sourced. The Hoverfly guys are producing an open-sourced Hoverfly OPEN board (until we have it, we'll provide the SPORT version). The airframe drawings are free for anybody's taking, even if they want to manufacture this on their own. No royalty to us, not even recognition!
The quadcopter is an unofficial product in Parallax. It's growing up in front of our eyes on the forums. Kevin Cook, MattG, Nick and myself have squeezed it in around all the other priorities. It's also not to be relied upon as a profit generator. Aside from our airframe, the big investments come from others (Spektrum, Hoverfly, HobbyKing) so we can't burden it with profit. Should be priced so you can build one.
It's time that the Propeller P8X32A shows it's abilities off in multi-rotor and UAV applications.
Also, we favor descriptive names that make sense to search engines and describe the product. The Eddie bot might be an exception to this naming approach. But this product isn't named yet. It would be ideal to include the word "quadcopter" in the name. It uses a Propeller processor, of course. Heck, could even be called Propeller Quadcopter. But since employees of Parallax can't participate somebody else will need to suggest that name.
This contest ends Friday, September 23rd.
Handing over the microphone to MattG for his skilled moderation, crowd management, and overall positive influence. . . to you, Matt [when you get back from the beach vacation!]
Thanks very much for your participation -
Ken Gracey
800 x 600 - 121K
Comments
What?!! That's what one would do if I tried to fly it.
-Phil
C.W.
There's hope for you, Phil. It's called First Person View (FPV) - put a video camera and wireless transmitter on it, and fly it from your shop over Port Townsend.
Even if you can't get it off the ground it will provide worthwhile entertainment for Browser.
Ken Gracey
Kolibri (Hummingbird), the first mass produced helicopter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdYPQLvuJh8
Air Rover
Propel-Air
Trying to not get carried away...
Super Happy Fun Copter!
Whirlybird as that's a long time reference to helicopters.
Quad as its 4 propellers.
A variation might be "Whirlybird^4" or "Whirlybird to the fourth"
Jay
Jay
Jay
So, my name for quadcopter is "The Quad".
..just to get it on record.
Let's see, in Matt's "New Product Ideas" contest, I won a ping with:
so if the new "yet to be named" quadcopter is an unofficial kit of parts which is now looking for a name, the predictive properties of my 6/22 posting are pretty darn impressive. I'd say that earns me an unofficial quadcopter kit based on the rules set forth for that contest. :thumb:
Now, as far as a name for the new kit, I'll need to work on that a bit.
The word "Quad"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad
The word "Helicopter"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter
Propeller QuatroCopter
or
Propeller TetraCopter
I think "Quad" is also good, but it would be nice to be a little different.
-Ron
TetraProp
TetraProp-o-Rotor
PropTetraRotor
ok, I'll stop now ...
May the best man/woman win!
My name suggestions:
The Air Rover Quadcopter
The Propeller Air Rover Quadcopter
The Propeller Quad-ro-copter
Sky Flyer Quadcopter
Sky Controller Quadcopter
Propeller P8X32A UAV Quad-Bladed helicopter
EDIT: That last one could be changed to Quad-rotor as well. Any instance of the word "Propeller" can be replaced with or proceeded by "P8X32A"
Where the Four Winds Dwell (from the Dead song "Franklin's Tower").
Freedom Flies (because it follows an incredibly stupid tradition of naming things)
I've watched enough Wiggles to call it the Big Red Copter (after the Big Red Car) but I can't.
If you follow the naming convention that you've been using it would be the Propeller Quad Robot Copter but you might want to break with tradition but it is probably more remote control than robot. I suppose call it the Propeller Quad Copter.
I don't expect to win but any winnings can go to my son's school. I don't want anything.
-Phil
@RonP: Ah! I had never thought of that. I'm getting used to a multiplication symbol as a dot or a * I guess.
Propeller X Copter
Propeller Quarter Copter
Propeller HoverQuad Copter
Propeller HoverQuad Chopper
Propeller Quad Chopper
Propeller X Chopper
Propeller Hover Chopper
Propeller Quatro Chopper
Propeller Quarter Chopper
Propeller Hover Quad Copter
Propeller Hover Quad Chopper
Propeller X Quad Copter
Propeller X Quad Chopper
Okay I'm done I think.
(after the 1997 movie "Con Air")
Think of it as an interceptor with muscle. And it kicks butt.
Lachlan, that's really funny. Good thing I'm not a judge because I'd choose that name. . . Matt is a pretty straight guy though and he might think it reflects poorly on Parallax. That Con Air plane was filled with a couple dozen really scary people. But I like it, a whole bunch. It might even be acceptable without the connection to Con Air - it stands on its own nicely! We'll see what the judges [err, I mean Matt] decide to do. Don't you just love these informal contests?
Ken Gracey
ParaQuad :frown:
Propeller Octal-Quad Copter/Chopper 'Octal for the 8 Cogs'.
Propeller 8X4 Copter/Chopper Simplify the above.
Propeller Octaquad Copter/Chopper
Propeller Cog Copter/Chopper