Editorial

Staff · Issue 99, Nov/Dec 2017 · pp. 4

Products mentioned: OpenROV Trident, Gladius Submersible Drone

Editorial Peter Rowlands peter@uwpmag.com OpenROV Trident and the Gladius Submersible Drone Way back in November 2015 I pledged a not insignificant amount of money into a Kickstarter project in the hope of getting an OpenROV Trident but it turns out that the product still does not exist. I covered the story behind its demise in UwP94 Jan/ Feb 2017. At about the same time that I got my refund earlier this year I became aware of another project; this time through Indiegogo. You would have thought “Once bitten etc etc” would come to mind but the refund burnt a hole in my pocket and I pledged a similar amount but this time to a new Chinese company, Chasing Innovation, with no track record that I knew of. It turns out, as you can read in my review of the Gladius Submersible Drone later in this issue, that I backed a winner and in September I was rewarded by a knock on the door from FedEx. You…