Most-funded European Kickstarter project ever still hasn’t shipped yet

Ars Technica 2015-08-17

Torquing Group, the British drone startup that raked in £2.3 million ($3.4 million) in under two months earlier this year, becoming the most crowdfunded European project ever, has been beset by further inexplicable delays.

On Monday, CEO Ivan Reedman told Ars that the company would begin shipping to its United Kingdom-based backers, however as of Friday, none have actually been sent out.

The handheld drone was originally scheduled to ship in June 2015, a deadline that the company obviously missed. When Ars visited Torquing Group's offices in Pembroke Dock, Wales in April 2015, Reedman said that the Zano, its handheld drone, would be shipping in early July.

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