Last year, I purchased a TP-Link Omada multi-point network because everything from the leading brand, Unifi, was sold out. Out of curiosity, I checked recently and everything that I would have purchased from Unifi, including a Dream Machine Pro router and their wall plate access point was back in stock.
How is the Omada system working, you might ask? Quite well, but there are occasional failures of the upstream connectivity between the Arris cable modem that I purchased and Xfinity and these require power cycling the Arris device to restore. The software being run by the Arris device is controlled by Xfinity and it looks as though there hasn’t been an update for two years (see this post regarding the same issue from December 2020; the software image name is the same as what our Arris reports running).
Anyone else noticed that long-scarce items are available once more?
Exception: aviation parts, which are labor-intensive. Cirrus owners still post messages desperately seeking spares. (See Small airplanes are super expensive, but still much less useful than pre-coronapanic)
Jetson nano’s became available once again, for 50% more than 5 years ago & software support discontinued. That was enough deflation to offset the new record in housing prices.
I’m waiting for a new fuel bladder – a shaped piece of rubber – which goes for $2500 and the wait is… 3 months, as appatently there’s only one company in the world which still manufactures them or at least the only one which jumped through all FAA hoops.
For what kind of plane is the fuel bladder? Something obscure?
Separately, Cirrus haters here will be pleased to know that I posted by North Atlantic crossing story in the Cirrus Owners forum and it generated outrage, especially among California-based pilots, for its Deplorable political content. From Santa Cruz: “glad there was no rainbow in the sky upon arrival in Greenland else I am sure you would have diverted to Russia or Florida…” When I responded with “Florida may not be the best diversion destination if you’re seeking to avoid the 2SLGBTQQIA+ rainbow. From a June 16, 2023 article by experts: “Fort Lauderdale might just be the gayest city in America right now and nowhere is this more evident than at The Club.”” and cited https://nomadicboys.com/gay-saunas-in-miami/ as the source, the response was removed from the site after being flagged as offensive, abusive, and hateful.
(I guess this proves the Bonanza pilots’ theory that Cirrus owners are not pilots.)