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The ODM has a limited range. There is a limit on how long it can propel two
hooks. Or just one, depending on what the user decides. But I do know there is
a ton on inconsistencies, or there may not be, because the Scouts rarely
grapple to the max, just to what's closest. [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HE38B.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HE38B.png)right
now this one is of Mikasa or Hange grappling to take out the Armored Titans
eyes with thunder spears. What is the total range of the ODM gear?


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What is the ODM gear's range


We can try to use mathematics here for a bit, which is definitely not a
threatening way to start this answer.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GvrO4.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GvrO4.png)

This is a Mikasa figurine standing basically straight up, according to the
[wiki](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Mikasa_Ackerman) she is 176 cm
tall (I'll do an imperial conversion of my final answer), in the picture she
is 532 pixels tall, and the wire spools are 32 pixels in diameter, meaning the
spools have a diameter of roughly 11 centimeters.  
That feels a bit small to me, let's round that up to 20 centimeters and chalk
the different measurement up to foreshortening.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/29DkJ.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/29DkJ.jpg)

The steel wire is coiled up inside of these circular containers, and here's
where we'll get really mathy. I'm talking integral calculation mathy.

We're not going to bother with that though, instead we'll use this handy
[website](http://www.giangrandi.ch/soft/spiral/spiral.shtml) that has a tool
where you can just input the values.

It needs some values though, tape thickness (or in our case steel wire
thickness) and the internal diameter of the spool/roll.  
The above diagram suggests a tiny inner diameter, just a small gear, so let's
estimate that at 1cm, and the wire thickness also at 1cm.

Let's insert those values (multiplied by 10 because millimeters are expected):
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/G0Lgv.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/G0Lgv.png)

That's a range of just over three meters (or 10.29 feet), clearly wrong
considering what we've seen in the show. Our estimates for internal diameter
and wire thickness were already very generous though, and we "rounded up" the
external diameter to 20cm.

**Basically, the small drums we see can't realistically house the amount of
cable we're seeing on the show. (Sorry)**

But there's also no official source that specifies a maximum range I could
find (otherwise I wouldn't have bothered with all of this, I assure you).

Maybe have a look at the longest shot they make in the show/manga and assume
that that's about the furthest range? Though it might be hard to gauge the
actual distance  
(I don't recall any specific grappling shot falling short of its intended
target (due to range), that would obviously be a far more helpful piece of
information though.)


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