Waterproof Drone.... hells yes!

[IDBoating]

I would agree that since I'm already $400 in to a GoPro, it doesn't make sense to buy a new camera. Makes more sense to buy a drone and attach the camera I have.

My 13YO son has been flying RC helicopters and quadracopters since before they were (mistakenly, IMO) called "drones". A couple of years ago he was buying $10 el cheapo SDCard cameras off eBay, taping them to his RC's, and flying them around the neighborhood. He even submitted one such video as a homework project.

He too already has a GoPro camera. His current project is low-balling larger quadracopters on eBay. Once he gets one, he's going to strip out all the electronics and install them on a carbon fiber framework of his own construction to drive the weight down to the bare minimum. The idea is to increase its payload capacity so he can use his existing GoPro with it. I love that he wants to do this kind of stuff instead of just sit around playing video games.

[117AJ]

I did too.

[loudelectronics]

I got in on this the last day for the February shipment. Pretty excited about this actually. I can only imagine what version 2 and so on will offer like obstacle avoidance, replaceable batteries etc.

[seabass0118]

Obstacle avoidance is a big miss for me. Not that it is that important when filming surfing sessions, but to not be able to launch the Lily in my street or else without it running into trees and wires is a concern.


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[carcrz]

After this weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks Tige Reunion, I'm pretty sure that everyone would agree that a waterproof drone is a good idea.


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[JLG]

After this weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks Tige Reunion, I'm pretty sure that everyone would agree that a waterproof drone is a good idea.


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X20 on that statement! Jake from Performancemarineloz lost control of his around $3000.00 drone and it went blackhawk down in the water!! In pieces and sunk fast! Ouch!
So no drone video of the RZX wave yet

[IDBoating]

If you ordered one or have another one you need to register it https://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/
If you register before midnight EST, January 20th, 2016 your $5 registration fee will be refunded! You don't need to have your drone in hand. I just did it yesterday. Pretty painless.

My family is heavily involved in RC aircraft and is tracking this situation closely. There is a lot of controversy surrounding this registration and the current advice is to WAIT. The industry's advocacy group highlights things in this article, but here is an extract:

The new registration rule runs counter to Congress’ intent in Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, otherwise known as the “Special Rule for Model Aircraft.” The central issue is whether the FAA has the authority to expand the definition of aircraft to include model aircraft; thus, allowing the agency to establish new standards and operating criteria to which model aircraft operators have never been subject to in the past.

The central issue is that Congress passed a law that specifically prohibits the FAA from requiring registration of model aircraft. With this "drone registration" action, the FAA appears to have violated that law. There is litigation pending on the topic, and Congress may address it when they come back into session this month. They may choose to leave the law as-is, in which case the FAA will have to scrap their existing plan. They may instead choose to alter the law to remove the prohibition against the FAA and allow them to do what they are legally prohibited from doing at present. They may stay out of it and let the courts decide. Nobody knows how it will turn out. As a result, the AMA suggests adopting a "wait and see" attitude rather than dumping your personal data into another public, and publicly searchable, database.

Obviously make your own decisions, but at least be fully informed!

[Thegerman618]

Just take my damn money, I have to have it

[JohnnieMo]

As I've noted before I work in the Unmanned Vehicle industry. I happened upon a high volume drone re-seller at a tradeshow one time and we got to talking about this little Lily. He mentioned that he tried extensively to get the rights to distribute it - even offering up free space in his booth at CES and the like. The Lily folks kept saying no. His conclusion was that it didn't exist - at least not yet. This original order request was actually a backdoor way to crowd source the R&D cash to build it.

I have no idea if this is accurate - just one guy's opinion. I sure hope it delivers on schedule, but I wouldn't hold my breath. I never did actually put any money down, as I felt the flight time was too low and I didn't like the terms. However for the rest of you that did buy in, I am looking forward to a positive conclusion and lots of cool vids!

[CarFanatic]

I ordered one way back in 2015. when the date came and went for when it was supposed to be delivered... I started to wonder. Then got an email about how it wont be ready for several more months. I canceled. took about a month to get my money refunded, but I got it.

[VladM]

Whatever they promised was not realistic from very beginning. That famous AD video was definitely staged.

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[UNSTUCK]

So if I can get 60000 people to give me $34 million to hold on to for a year in a very safe investment and walk away with 1.5 to 2 million in interest after giving them all their money back, is that wrong?

[dmaxx04]

So if I can get 60000 people to give me $34 million to hold on to for a year in a very safe investment and walk away with 1.5 to 2 million in interest after giving them all their money back, is that wrong?

Funny you say this because that is what I was thinking.

[D&P Powell]

...very safe investment...

IMO - That's the key part of your question. It's in the eye of the beholder, right? Some may look at it like Team Allen and say "I'm gonna get in when it's reasonable, I can wait for the R&D to finish", and others like CarFanatic might say "Don't promise me something you can't deliver when promised". I personally have NEVER been an early adopter - I'd rather wait (for anything) and see. Of course, by the time I adopt, it's time has come and passed. Anyone looking for a PS2 for sale? (KIDDING)

[Dandy]

IMO - That's the key part of your question. It's in the eye of the beholder, right? Some may look at it like Team Allen and say "I'm gonna get in when it's reasonable, I can wait for the R&D to finish", and others like CarFanatic might say "Don't promise me something you can't deliver when promised". I personally have NEVER been an early adopter - I'd rather wait (for anything) and see. Of course, by the time I adopt, it's time has come and passed. Anyone looking for a PS2 for sale? (KIDDING)

Not looking for a PS2, but cannot wait for the new version of the old Nintendo (NES) system that is coming out in November. 30 games including ExciteBike and MarioBros...Am I showing my age?