Complimentary shipping on orders over $40
Featured piece

Optic Fibre Canister (Cable Outlet + Shell)

Original price was: $40.72.Current price is: $32.58.
SKU OY0000128818 Category
Thoughtful quality
Easy delivery
30-day returns

Fibre Optic Tether for Drones & Robotics: Master RF-Denied Environments

Radio waves are fickle. They die underwater, get lost underground, and get bullied in congested airspace. For professionals, that’s not a quirk; it’s a critical point of failure. This fibre optic tether is the definitive solution for any environment hostile to RF. It provides a physically secure, high-bandwidth data link for robotics operating everywhere from subsea trenches and mine shafts to electronically contested battlefields.

Primary Applications

This isn’t an upgrade; it’s a fundamental capability for operators who can’t gamble on RF. You need this if you are:

  • Exploring Subterranean Spaces: For mapping mines, caves, or inspecting long pipelines, RF is a non-starter. This tether provides the kilometres of reliable, high-bandwidth connectivity needed to navigate and inspect complex GPS-denied environments from a safe distance.
  • Deploying Underwater Robotics (ROVs): Seawater is where radio signals go to die. For any serious ROV work requiring clear, real-time video and control, a fibre tether is the non-negotiable industry standard. Get that crystal-clear 4K feed from the depths, lag-free.
  • Operating in Contested Airspace: For C-UAS testing or missions in areas with active electronic warfare, this tether makes your data link invisible and immune. It provides a perfect “ground truth” baseline for testers and an unjammable link for operators.

Core Capabilities

  • Total Environment Immunity: Whether the obstacle is a kilometre of rock, hundreds of metres of seawater, or a military-grade jammer, this fibre link provides a physically isolated, interference-proof channel.
  • Massive Bandwidth: Easily handles multiple high-resolution video streams and complex telemetry, making it ideal for inspection-class robots and ISR drones.
  • Critical Note: This is the fibre reel only. You need to supply your own air/sea/land and ground media converters to interface with your vehicle’s systems.

Specifications

(We’re listing the manufacturer’s most detailed specs. Assume a standard margin of engineering optimism.)

  • Cable Diameter: 0.26mm (Adds negligible drag in water, air, or long, dusty tunnels)
  • Fibre Type: Single-mode (The professional standard for high-speed, long-distance data)
  • Termination: FC/UPC on both ends.
  • 100M Spool: This is just the reel, no canister is included.
  • 1KM Spool: W95*H65mm / 0.3KG
  • 2KM Spool: W95*H125mm / 0.4KG
  • 3KM Spool: W121*H246mm / 0.53KG
  • 5KM Spool: W121*H246mm / 0.63KG (The most popular flavour of “are we there yet?”)