if you're not familiar, 36AWG wire is thin. very thin. according to [0], it is 0.1270mm. seems to me that it might melt free from friction thin.

[0] https://size-charts.com/topics/house-size-chart/wire-size-ch...

I’m familiar; I thought this was tethered to the ground. But it’s self contained within a few meters at 40k ft - not a problem.

I do suspect if you encountered small gauge fishing line being used as a tether, you’d find at least some of it wrapped tightly around your spinner on the ground. Probably not much friction at play.