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New product naming contest: the quadcopter!

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  • TumblerTumbler Posts: 323
    edited 2011-09-18 20:12
    Let's give it a try

    Xspinner
  • Al BoothAl Booth Posts: 137
    edited 2011-09-18 20:33
    How about 4Prop ?
  • rosco_pcrosco_pc Posts: 468
    edited 2011-09-18 20:38
    What about Psquare or P2?
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2011-09-18 21:04
    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!]
    Here I am!
    Rested. Tanned. Ready.
    Golly, look what happens when I leave Ken to fend for himself ;-)
    esteemed colleague MattG
    Ok, everybody together: Awwwwwhhhhhhh...
    -Matt
  • RavenkallenRavenkallen Posts: 1,057
    edited 2011-09-18 21:07
    Cog Air, haha... Nice one:) I think it needs to have a edgy sounding name like...

    Cyclone 4
    SkyDevil
    Prop-Stream
    FunnelX4
    Bob-

    Hey, wait? What?:)
  • lanternfishlanternfish Posts: 366
    edited 2011-09-18 21:28
    Tubular wrote: »
    "Cog Air"

    (after the 1997 movie "Con Air")

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: My wife loved that ... ummmm ... movie. I thought it was ..... :swear:

    And in a moment of complete lack of imagination, I can't come up with a single unique name. So I guess I won't be the winner
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-09-18 21:43
    The Propter
    The PropCopter
    The PropelCopter
    The Propellerter

    The Invader

    (I kinda like Cog Air.)
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2011-09-18 22:47
    Can I play?...

    How about the "Cartesian Ace" ?
  • Kevin WoodKevin Wood Posts: 1,266
    edited 2011-09-18 22:50
    Well, both Rodan and Mothra have been used elsewhere, so I guess they're out...

    My suggestion is to call it the Hummingbird, since it captures the essence of it's flight style.
  • Jorge PJorge P Posts: 385
    edited 2011-09-19 00:19
    How about paying homage to the fist functional helicopter, since it is Parallax's first flying machine, and dub it the:

    Parallax Wulf or just Wulf

    After the Focke-Wulf Fw 16

    Or maybe after the second one, DragonFly
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-09-19 00:27
    Or maybe Kolibri (Hummingbird), the first mass produced helicopter.

    edit: I really like that one, I'm going to add it to my first post.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-19 01:21
    I really like Jorge's Dragonfly suggestion. Maybe expand it to the Parallax Dragonfly Quadcopter Kit.

    -Phil
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-19 01:29
    Here's one that sure to win the hearts and minds of Parallax's marketing team (for the complete kit, of course):
    Hoverfly con Carne

    the brains (Hoverfly) with the brawn (i.e. the meat). It's a natural -- a shoo-in!

    What?!! Oh, come on: if you repeat a bad idea often enough and loud enough, it starts to sound good. Trust me! :)

    -Phil
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2011-09-19 02:09
    Maybe "Air Quad"?
  • Jan EJan E Posts: 11
    edited 2011-09-19 02:11
    8 cog 4 prop
    8 cogs for prop
  • Jan EJan E Posts: 11
    edited 2011-09-19 02:26
    As I understand, Ken you had som fun time when you spinaround with yoy new toy. So why not name it "Spinfun"...
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-09-19 04:11
    Be scared...

    The Parallopter.
  • zappmanzappman Posts: 418
    edited 2011-09-19 04:46
    "Flight P8X32A" or "Quadpeller" or "P4X8X32A" or "P4X8X32A Copter" or "Flight P4X8X32A"
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-09-19 05:43
    My co-worker called it the four legged chopper :)
  • Tony B.Tony B. Posts: 356
    edited 2011-09-19 06:01
    FreeBird or FreeBird Quadcopter

    After the Open Source nature of this unoffical product.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2011-09-19 07:22
    The Flying Dodo
    A bird of a different feather

    (I still like Cog Air.)
  • ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
    edited 2011-09-19 07:33
    My question is Parallax maybe going to offer a kit of the airframe for those of us that are not to mechanically endowed with our hands in the end?
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2011-09-19 07:43
    Hey rat -
    is Parallax maybe going to offer a kit of the airframe
    Yes!
    -Matt
  • ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
    edited 2011-09-19 07:45
    Very cool!!
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-09-19 08:13
    In the spirit of recent industry news:

    Parallax CHROME! (I'm sure THEY won't mind! :lol:)

    of course, that's the:

    Complex
    Helicopter
    Robotic
    Open
    Modeling
    Environment

    ...still working on real names!
  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2011-09-19 08:43
    "Cog Air" is easily the best one so far. Hipness dictates...
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-09-19 09:06
    I had forgotten this thread...way back on August 2nd when Ken was building the prototype, my predictive powers kicked in:
    Hmmmm....could this be a prototype of things to come from Parallax???? (as I predicted during the "Product Ideas Contest")

    The Air-Scribbler?

    Penta-Prop?

    Air cover for Jessica's M&M delivery S2?

    Regardless, this is truly inspiring and clearly is the latest shiny thing to wrench my attention from a bunch of other unfinished projects!! Great job!!

    I'll officially submit

    Air Scribbler
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-09-19 09:06
    Ken,

    It would be interesting to see how much that helicopter can lift. If you put a camera or robotic claw on it, we could probably put some different names on it as it might have different uses and there would be different ways to market it. I saw an RC Club with WWII fighters drop an egg with their planes and they were very strict about keeping it legal but I'm sure there are some fun uses for the copter.

    Chuck
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-19 09:09
    I think the "Air Scribbler" needs a smoke generator! (Not a magic one, though.)

    -Phil
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-09-19 09:13
    @Phil - how about a 5th (non pitched) POV rotor in the middle to spin the LED bar? Then you could hover and generate POV messages!
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