Insider, I think the issue is that your assertions about Inspire's problems were very vague ("much more worrisome engineering problem", "mad scramble", what does that mean really?), yet you hammered on them pretty confidently ("DJI won't have time to do proper testing", you're all going to be beta testers!?). These are pretty serious conclusions to disseminate in this forum with no meaningful information about the problem DJI is really facing. I'm sorry, but this is pretty much what "trolling" is, whether that was your intent or not.
Having worked in the high tech industry for nearly 20 years, let me humbly give you some insight on these consumer electronics/computers/gadgets that we all love and buy. None of them, whether they're hardware, software or more likely both, are finished products - not a single one. They are snapshots of some point in their development cycle that represent the best compromise in user experience, build quality, performance, cost, time-to-market, etc... There are always "bugs" that remain, defects in functionality and performance, but most of the time they are too insignificant for end users to notice in the final product, and that's the way it's meant to be.
So the fact that DJI encountered an unforeseen problem with their Inspire is no surprise to me. It is a fairly complex piece of hardware and software. Sure, it's disappointing to have to wait longer to get our units. Sure, DJI probably jumped the gun in launching and announcing the availability of Inspire 1. Maybe they were under pressure to respond to 3DRobotics' Iris+ and X8+, I don't know. But they'll fix their issues, and they'll get to that nice compromise in user experience and quality we all want, and I highly doubt we'll have any serious issues with our "early production" units.
For what it's worth, my retailer told me today he spoke to DJI earlier in the week and was told that they are assembling as we speak the first batch of units to ship out to top resellers. Make of it what you will, but it looks like some of us will see an Inspire before New Year's.