Tether Spool/Reel

[mick]

A tether spool would be great! (For managing the tether; ideally able to be used with a sole ROV pilot/operator for easier tether management).

It looks like some have started on this: such as Tim’s recent post:

My tether spool

Now that the ROV is electrically mostly functional, It’s time to work on the other end. Here is my take on a tether spool so far, based off a Technec Jackreel-f4. i found that I had just enough run in the center hub to run the static wire of the slipring down the center without impacting the bearing surfaces as long as I included a 3d printed spacer to move it forward a bit. With the cable now on the same side as the static carrying handle, I printed a mount box that guards the wires and holds …