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New product naming contest: the quadcopter!

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  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-09-19 09:24
    It should probably have a blinky light for flying it in the dark and it would make it more realistic.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-09-19 09:34
    Keeping with the KISS method that won me the "Parallax Multi Board Enclosure" contest, I give you:

    Parallax Quadcopter

    or

    Spin Quadcopter

    SpinCopter

    Parallax-Hoverfly Quadcopter
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-09-19 09:35
    Parallax Foxbat

    or the Phoxbat (Parallax Hoverfly Open eXperimenter Basic Airframe Technology)

    Mount 4 pings for echo location/collision avoidance PLUS a couple of blinky lights for those of us who see at night better than we hear at night.....
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-19 09:54
    The Spin-a-Four (Our Brit friends can call it the "H.M.S. Spin-a-Four." :) )

    -Phil
  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2011-09-19 09:56
    mindrobots wrote: »

    Air Scribbler

    Unless I'm thoroughly confused, there is another candidate for this name, one that should have been demo'd at Maker Faire last weekend, per the discussion here.

    Any news on the skywriting robot?
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-09-19 09:56
    Booo...get I'm off. Lobs tomatoe.
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-09-19 10:11
    Give it longer legs and develop lighter parallax vehicles that it could grab with a hook and you can call it a Spider.
  • Jay B. HarlowJay B. Harlow Posts: 79
    edited 2011-09-19 11:18
    "Paraquad" pair of quad = 8, para is flying quad is 4...

    Although I like Cog Air or Hummingbird also. I was trying to come up with a more specific hummingbird that it (may) resemple...

    Jay
  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2011-09-19 11:34
    How about MultiCoreCopter to make the propeller multicore concept and prop chip stand out. The rest of the world uses
    Quad to define four airplane propellers . By using MultCore it makes Parallax stand out from the others

    Tom
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-19 11:37
    VTOL 8-Core-leone, a.k.a. the Quadfather.

    -Phil
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-09-19 11:41
    ...maybe it's time to mention con Carne again?
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2011-09-19 11:48
    can you make the flight deck large enough to hold a laptop running MRDS?

    Then it could be known as FREDDIE :smile:

    "Flight Ready Expandable Development Disk for Innovation and Experimentation"
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-09-19 11:50
    Maybe it should have a call sign like the P8X32A and the other symbols symbolizing the package the Prop comes in.
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-09-19 11:51
    mindrobots wrote: »
    can you make the flight deck large enough to hold a laptop running MRDS?

    Then it could be known as FREDDIE :smile:

    "Flight Ready Expandable Development Disk for Innovation and Experimentation"

    You could probably run the copter off of USB or netbook batteries!
  • Spiral_72Spiral_72 Posts: 791
    edited 2011-09-19 12:10
    A snazzy name? Maybe not, but maybe a snazzy logo :)

    P4 logo.jpg


    (Ok forgive the choppy 6minute photo-editing)

    Names:
    Parallair
    uC-Flyer
    P4 logo.jpg
    800 x 629 - 207K
  • TubularTubular Posts: 4,717
    edited 2011-09-19 13:35
    "I can't believe it's not butterfly"
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2011-09-19 13:40
    OpenFly

    OpenFly
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-19 13:43
    W9GFO wrote:
    OpenFly
    LOL! Game over! It's a wrap folks! We can all go home now.

    -Phil
  • icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
    edited 2011-09-19 13:45
    Q.U.A.D. A.I.R.: "Quad Upgraded Android Designed for Assassination and Immediate Repair"
    or simply just plain "S4"
    -dan
  • Roy ElthamRoy Eltham Posts: 3,000
    edited 2011-09-19 13:50
    Perhaps "OpenQuad" would be slightly more descriptive of the type of flying vehicle?

    Other names I like:
    SpinQuad
    PropQuad
    P3 (Parallax Propeller with Propellers)
    SpinCopter
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2011-09-19 14:25
    "QuadSpinner", or "Quadspinner", or "Quad Spinner", all with or without prefix of "Propeller" or "Parallax Propeller"
  • THAT guyTHAT guy Posts: 66
    edited 2011-09-19 15:33
    First of all, very cool quadcopter, Ken!

    For names:

    What about HeliPROPter? QuadPROPter?
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2011-09-19 16:19
    Orbit Collector?

    OBC
  • lanternfishlanternfish Posts: 366
    edited 2011-09-19 16:43
    APtitude - Aerial/Air/Aero Propeller with attitude
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-09-19 16:48
    Contest Entry: Free Four

    Free Four Flyer
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-09-19 17:07
    Second try,

    Parallax Ascensor

    Ascensor Quadcopter

    Ascensor - Italian for Elevator or lifting platform. Nice ring to it. :)
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-09-19 17:21
    This is what my six year old came up with as far as names go:

    Multicopter
    Chips of Four
    Jail Red Copter
    Red Jail Copter
    Wire Chips Copter
    Four of One Copter
    Copter of Treats
  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2011-09-19 17:24
    How about " WiFilesscopter "?...Did I say that out loud; Sorry, Mind on different project.
    '
    How does this sound? " Propeller-Air "
    '
    This name wouldn't tie the number of motors used to any one number.
    It would also make the hardware more flexible by using different base plates.( 3 radials, 4 radials, 5, 6, 8, etc.)
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-09-19 17:25
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    The Spin-a-Four

    I like it!
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited 2011-09-19 17:25
    Raceline Copter
    Red Jail 4 Copter
    Jail Red 4 Copter
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