Having flown "drones" for just over a year I'll say the Lily looks interesting but not as my main aircraft. From the video it seems to be just a "follow me" aircraft. Great for some applications but limited. I'm on my second DJI Phantom after losing my first one. It apparently went down in a lake. Maybe the Lily has more ability than I'm seeing but with my current drone (Phantom P3A) I can get out about a mile and half. I'm thinking about doing modifications to give me a longer range but a mile is pretty good. The biggest limitation with drones right now is flying time. I get about 25 minutes max. I have my software set to kick in the RTH (return to home) feature when the battery reaches 20%. It'll automatically come home based on the GPS coordinates of where I took off. My RTH altitude is set to 250 ft. to avoid trees, power lines, etc. As with any hobby there are idiots who fly near airports or crash on the lawn of White House. People like that give the hobby a black eye. Shooting stills and video from above gives an entirely new perspective to photography. Here's a sample taken at about 100 ft. over the middle of a river.

I occasionally do some kayaking and Lily would be nice for that. My main interest in drone flying is for doing video and stills for real estate marketing. I've also done a few jobs where I would do roof inspections on older buildings. There's a market out there but it's not like you just take a drone out of the box and start making money. I consider my first drone a test dummy. I crashed it many times before losing it in a lake. I've been doing a lot better with my new one but managed to clip a tree three weeks ago and had to replace the gimbal/camera. About $300 for parts.