Torquing CEO Ivan Reedman resigned on 10 November 2015, prompting tech news site Ars Technica to suggest that Torquing was "in crisis mode and may be on the verge of collapse". Ars had earlier expressed skepticism of the project in May, questioning whether Torquing had the necessary technical knowledge and capabilities to deliver on their claims. Reedman publicly posted that he had left the company due to "personal health issues and irreconcilable differences". On 18 November, Ars reported that the startup had collapsed. Torquing had shipped only 600 of the 15,000 orders, though Mark Harris later confirmed that only 4 units were ever delivered to Kickstarter backers, the rest going to customers who had pre-ordered the drone after the Kickstarter campaign ended. A Kickstarter update posted by Torquing on 24 November 2015 apologized for disappointing backers and detailed an "unaudited" breakdown of their expenditures over the course of the year.
