Lightweight Drone Power & Data Tether

Designed around the drone's power budget

For a broadcast or surveillance platform hovering on a tether, the useful design input is not a voltage but a power budget: how much current the drone draws at hover, how long the tether is, and how much of the system mass the operator can afford. From those three numbers we select the conductor, the jacket thickness and the load-bearing braid, then confirm the voltage drop at the drone end.

From prototype to production

Most tethered systems start as a prototype with one tether length and a specific winch, then move into small-series production. We supply both stages from the same construction records, so the second tether behaves like the first, and can provide sample lengths for flight testing before committing to a production run.

Performance parameters

Applications

This construction is supplied into the following installations. Tell us which one applies and we will confirm the governing requirement.

Customisation

Core count and cross-section, screen arrangement, sheath compound and colour, print legend, length and termination are all built to order. Send the requirement — including the failed OEM part if this is a replacement — and we will propose the construction and confirm the lead time.