The AL was forecast to be ~$2K USD. For a streamer that doesn’t have a UI like a Lumin, that most likely means it’s going to have pretty good build. If that’s the case it’s not using inexpensive parts, nor is it using the most expensive parts. All you need is a few parts to be difficult to source before you find yourself redesigning a circuit. Where you made decisions before you may have to make all new ones. How that impacts upstream or downstream subsystems needs to be considered. Changes are made, measurements are taken, it gets listened to, rinse and repeat.
I think after we read Paul’s explanation that the Airlens is not redesigned due to the parts shortage, but waiting for more parts, the only remaining question would be: what’s the prospected delivery time of those parts?
If this is not told to us, we can only assume, that the thoughts around the external case for the old Bridge II card mean, that the parts delivery time reaches far into the year.
Or maybe at some point in light of the current market conditions and supply chain issues you just finally admit that the purpose of your idea has passed and move on to other things. At this point the companies based on the Mainland or with production facilities there are always going to get first choice on parts to eliminate shipping issues. That’s the reason all of the companies that have released competing products at lower prices have been able to get their products to market ahead of PSA.
It’s a real thing even at the raw materials level. We have had some tubing on order since last July with a promise of October delivery initially. It still hasn’t been made due to supply and labor shortages at the steel mills.
And Covid is still a thing. I have a key person off with Covid for the last 10 days. He is still checking positive so staying at home until a negative test. His wife brought it home from her place of business.
I like the digression into talking about small boats with paddles. Ultra-light kayaks are very cool. I have a 10.5-foot Wenonah Wee Lassie canoe that is made out of Kevlar and weighs only 19 pounds. That’s the lightest boat I own, and it’s the only one I can car-top without seriously messing up my back.
Wooden sailboats are also cool, but I don’t own one. I was thinking about David Crosby’s love for wooden boats the other day when I heard about his passing. Take a listen to “Wooden Boats” if you have a chance. It’s a great song and helps bring this discussion back to the world of music.
The kayak in question is used for recreational paddling around lakes and other quiet surfaces. It experiences no contact with river bottoms, rocks, etc.
Go for a rowing shell, if you have the right body of water available. It provides for a great no impact work-out. My wife has been a rower for a long time and loves the morning sunrise row on our lake. As it is a rather small lake, about 1.25 miles by 0.5 miles with a rim around it serving as a natural wind block it provides for ideal rowing. She also rows the Rock River in Northern Illinois, and Lake Mendota with MRC. Regarding rowing conditions the Rock is as good as it gets, Lake Mendota is another matter as it is easy to get blown off the lake with a northernly wind.
Our kayaks are basically high impact plastic and get knocked around a bit in the best of circumstances.
Me and my rented canoe hunting down alleged chips in the Canadian wilderness (in a former life). We didn’t find any chips, but we did find the odd moose, which apparently are even rarer.
If only. People can’t honestly do this for fun. Ever since I’ve gone for boats with onboard dining.
You own a lake? I’m impressed. I don’t even have a pond or any sort of water feature.
So my post that merely provided links to three recently announced streamers, without comment besides saying what they were, was deleted. I guess canoes and credit card machines are a better use of the space, haha. I’m not upset (amused is more like it - I guess anything to take talk away from streamers in this thread about…a streamer…is what is wanted; well I guess canoes can be used in streams), just noting what it was that was deleted.
Bodies of water in the State of Wisconsin fall with in the Public Domain. So no, we don’t own a lake, just have lake front property. Your photo reminds me of a Quetico Boundary Waters Trip in the mid-70’s. BTW, these days, moose aren’t as uncommon as one may wish to think. That and black bears which frequent our back yard more than I like.
