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One of the highlights of our visit to Southern California earlier this year was having the opportunity to visit our good friends and sponsors, Rick and Beth, at GoProfessional Cases (http://goprofessionalcases.com/). I also thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to prowl around on their factory floor, and watch how their very excellent multirotor cases come together – from digital designs to precision-cut foam with their trademark blue cap.

As is usually the case when I visit a factory, I came away impressed with the awesome power of the machines that they use (and their potential for mayhem – check out the “Convoluter!”)

If you notice that I seem a bit obsessed with water-jet cutting throughout this video, there is a reason behind my mania. We had just been at AMA Expo prior to our visit, and it was disingenuously insinuated by a party who shall remain nameless that cutting foam with water somehow made the foam “wet” – and gave it the potential to damage your drone.

First of all, that's straight-up nonsense... I'm sure the sponge you keep in your kitchen sink gets wet when you use it, but then it dries out and it's dry again – this foam is no different (except that it doesn't soak up water like a sponge – but you get the idea). There is no “magical water” that somehow remains hidden inside the foam, waiting to ruin your flight control system, just because the foam was cut using a water jet.

The fact it's nonsense aside, I was personally offended because I consider Rick and Beth and everyone else at GPC to be my friends. They are our sponsors, so I respect you for being skeptical regarding my judgment in this matter, but I tell you with the utmost sincerity that you couldn't hope to meet more wonderful people.

I've known them for more than two years now, and in every instance I've ever seen, they've done the right thing for the right reason. To know that someone would stoop to a whispering campaign about how water-cut foam is dangerous for multirotors really annoyed me.

So, I definitely went into this video wanting to set the record straight on that point. Hopefully, I was successful, and didn't drive you to distraction by saying, “So, isn't it true that water-jet technology really is the greatest thing since sliced bread?” every 30 seconds.