robot name

[gizmo]

I was wondering is there a robot called hornet because I want to call my robot hornet

[joey_picus]

Gary Cairns' spinners are called Hornet, so I believe it's taken.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Yup:

Hornet (sorry Gary, only picture I had :P)
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And Hornet 2:
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[gizmo]

ok then I shall descuss what we are going to call our robot with my team but when i know what it's called I'll ask about that name to

[RogueTwoRobots]

From a Google search:

hor·net (h´rnt) n. Any of various large stinging wasps of the family Vespidae, chiefly of the genera Vespa and Vespula, that characteristically build large papery nests.

What about Vespa or Vespula? Sounds pretty cool and keeps a similar theme.

[psychostorm]

Or Vespidie?
Hempiterror?

Hemiptera (tough leathery forewings attached to the body - like ladybugs, beetles) -thesaurus.com

You know looking through a thesaurus or wikipedia is more productive than a dictionary for this!

[jonny]

if you call it vespa people will get it confused with the italian scooter company

[typhoon_driver]

Lol thanks Jamie!

Yeah both those machines were called hornet and both are since retired however I want to keep a hold of the name incase i decide to bring the vertical one back from the grave or build a 3rd one

[psychostorm]

Or rebuild the first one - you've got a lot of the parts!

It would look so good next to Boner - like peas in a pod.

[typhoon_driver]

i could do but i'm short of time for everything i want to do as it is! I need to upgrade boner to run invertible and redo the wiring so it's nice and neat amongst other things. I also have to get sabre finished off. Got most of the parts to get it done, just need to get some grade 5 titanium rods for the welder and i can go to town on a chassis.

All that plus i need to finish off my retrofit on my CNC lathe and then look to upgrading my power tool drag racer.