Captain, why the vid removal ?YIKES... and another video: Glad this didn't happen to Yuneec and the Typhoon H.
Don't know for sure... Removed by owner.Captain, why the vid removal ?
Good point Yufasa, but the term is "dribs and drabs"I wonder how many orders Yuneec lost because of the delays but at least it started to ship albeit in drips and drags.
I remember seeing this on line last year and thinking yeah some people will dig that. Very limited use though. Pretty much just this awful selfie generation gag. Anyway, if there's a market, then give them what they want.The world of competitive markets causes companies to do strange things... "Over promise and under deliver" and hope everyone forgives and forgets.
I think the next drone to fizzle out will be the "LILY". Want a laugh, check out the website.
Lily - Camera. Reinvented.
When this drone was first announced, people put down their cash to pre-order... but that was long ago and it still has not launched. Look at the specs and what it can do. Pretty much useless... can't fly high, can't replace the battery, has no obstacle avoidance, No 4K camera, etc, etc, etc. Even if they launched it tomorrow it would be old technology.
I remember a promo for that sometime last year. It looks like it is geared toward the U-tube stunt crowd and not for serious work - like the original Go-pro philosophy.I remember seeing this on line last year and thinking yeah some people will dig that. Very limited use though. Pretty much just this awful selfie generation gag. Anyway, if there's a market, then give them what they want.
It's just sad that a small start up tries to design, test, manufacture, package, promote then deliver some new tech, and we now as a society demand it be ready yesterday.
In the mean time other established companies are already developing similar devices with all the infrastructure in place to make it happen faster.
I feel for them in a way. Sure you shouldn't promise anything you may not deliver on, but you kinda have to get the market interested as soon as possible now days. It's a double edged sword.
I have a few emails from ACES DEALS and they were pretty vocal about the whole Yuneec delay as well. I would think they put a bit of pressure on the North American distributer, hence the reason they were first to get they massiveI believe Jim Bowers is affiliated with AcesDeals and is most likely why he came out with this video at basically the same time as AcesDeals did.
Did you see the price? Pre-order now = $899 U.S. Buy in summer and it is $999 U.S.I remember a promo for that sometime last year. It looks like it is geared toward the U-tube stunt crowd and not for serious work - like the original Go-pro philosophy.
I kind of like what DJI did with the Phantom 4... BUT... Only DJI could do this because they have a loyal band of followers who will buy anything new from DJI (kinda like the Apple fanboys). There were some slight rumours hinting at a new Phantom a month prior to it's announcement, then it was announced and demo'd and a date was given as to when you could pre-order it. Everything appeared to work according to DJI's plan. This of course means that DJI had the Phantom 4 in design and production several months earlier than launch so very little could go wrong. (like Apple does when they announce a product).Technology has changed the way we do business. My wife garage sales exclusively with her phone and paypal. Pretty amazing when you think about it.
Imagine how difficult it was to get capital for your invention before Kickstarter and other places like that. Or having a camera with 36 pictures and you only needed 5, or worse you didn't know how they turned out until developed. Remember those botched wedding photos? Now they take hundreds/thousands and don't bat an eye. When done, you just erase the card and reuse. The list is long. We live in interesting times; technology is moving faster than the latest inventions can make it to market. I've read in the next ten years, we will see technology advance faster than the entire 20th century.
I will give you that. Being water proof is a plus for the Lilly. Apparently the GoPro Karma will follow the same sport selfie waterproof/environment proof features with the owner wearing a special arm band.I still think the Lily is a pretty useful piece of equipment to those of us who play in the water. As an avid lake enthusiast it would be great to have an option for a drone to follow you while you ski/tube/wakeboard without the fear of water damage.
Lol. I remember in my photography class in school my professor approached me with a prototype camera that captured electronic images instead of using film. I beleive it saved the image on a 3.5" floppy, and maybe 8 images on each disk. It was so amazing to see an image without heading to the dark room. As amazing as it was nobody thought it would ever replace our beloved SLRs.Technology has changed the way we do business. My wife garage sales exclusively with her phone and paypal. Pretty amazing when you think about it.
Imagine how difficult it was to get capital for your invention before Kickstarter and other places like that. Or having a camera with 36 pictures and you only needed 5, or worse you didn't know how they turned out until developed. Remember those botched wedding photos? Now they take hundreds/thousands and don't bat an eye. When done, you just erase the card and reuse. The list is long. We live in interesting times; technology is moving faster than the latest inventions can make it to market. I've read in the next ten years, we will see technology advance faster than the entire 20th century.
Neither did Kodak. And it was Kodak who invented the commercial digital camera but decided it was never going to fly. The rest is history...Lol. As amazing as it was nobody thought it would ever replace our beloved SLRs.