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First Kickstarter Launch: Using Drones for Tornado Research

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 4:55 pm
by thesirensproject
My name is Warren Causey and I am new to this forum. There seems to be a lot of great information on here! I am excited to see what I learn.

I launched my Kickstarter project exactly four days ago. Essentially were are developing unmanned aerial vehicles that are designed to intercept tornadoes and gather data for meteorologists and engineers. We are still struggling to get above $1000, but hoping that things will pick up. I have been sharing it on all of my social media outlets and with friends and family. I'm hoping a lot of people are just procrastinating.

I have written to many journalists that have similar interests to our project, but I am not sure what else I can do. We will keep pushing it though.

Anyways, if you have any tips for us that would be great! Also, check out our project:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/15 ... nav_search


Let me know what you think!

Warren

Re: First Kickstarter Launch: Using Drones for Tornado Resea

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:30 pm
by Charles
If I remember correctly, I encountered a posting that you guys or someone else made on a Facebook group, before I saw your postings/links here in this forum. I backed it, because I always find research about tornadoes to be interesting. I don't want near one, of course, but I wish you well with this project.

Re: First Kickstarter Launch: Using Drones for Tornado Resea

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:21 pm
by dmullin
I think this is a great idea. I think you just need to keep doing what you're doing, posting and talking about it everyday. Make sure you post more than once a day. Good luck!

Re: First Kickstarter Launch: Using Drones for Tornado Resea

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:43 pm
by thesirensproject
Thank you both! This project was launched in response to losing some very good fellow chasers in May of 2013, who were also researching tornadoes. Traditionally the probe is placed in the path and proves to be a dangerous task. We decided to change that and use a popular upcoming technology genre to take the probe to the tornado.

Thank you guys for your support! It means a lot!

Re: First Kickstarter Launch: Using Drones for Tornado Resea

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:59 am
by vmsehy
Had to back you guys. This is such a cool project. Wish you luck reaching your goal.