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If you're doing tethered ROV stuff, the weight of the teather is a big big deal, so adding 4 additional wires is a non starter. For the stuff that goes extremel
by jtriangle 2y ago
If you're doing tethered ROV stuff, the weight of the teather is a big big deal, so adding 4 additional wires is a non starter. For the stuff that goes extremely deep, they use fiber because it's much lighter. It presents significant cost increases of course, which, you'd want to avoid if you can.
- teruakohatu 2y agoYou can get neutrally buoyant cables: https://bluerobotics.com/store/cables-connectors/cables/fathom-rov-tether-rov-ready/ https://bluerobotics.com/store/cables-connectors/cables/fath...
- sgtnoodle 2y agoIt's still mass, drag and cost.