Anyone have experiance taking a park flyer on a airliner? Going on tropical vacation next week. Thinking even a super cub would be hard to fit as carry-on. And cheked luggage will take a bit of a pounding seen those guys throwing suit cases. +In today's high security world could it be considered a threat in a X-ray machine or be damaged by x-rays or whatever? Thanks for opinions?

good question, my wife and i plan to visit some of her family this summer in chicago and we are flying.. they want me to bring a plane but i dont know how to transport it..

I would highly recommend leaving your plane at home. Spent several yrs working for the major airlines, trust me leave your plane at home.

Just buy an Air Hogs Aero Ace biplane, leave it in it's original box, and stick it inside your checked baggage. Pick up the AA batteries when you get there.

Fozjared, tell them to buy their own plane, and you'll teach them to fly when you get there.

oops double post

haha, good one, they just want to see mine fly, they dont participate in anything i like. nah i dont mean to talk bad of them they are great they just aren't the same type person i am, they are more the inside type and i love the outdoors.

I have had some experience lugging small planes through airports and general luggage. For the last couple years I have been going down south to fly in the 1/2A Reedie Races put on by the Carolina Crew.

I have done it a couple ways. First I bought a cheap pistol case (yes pistol) at Wal Mart for about $8 and carried my transmitter in it along with my batteries. I take it as a carry on and it works great. I have thrown a label on it just in case "Fragile Radio Equipment".

The planes I have done two ways. The first is a big plastic 'steamer trunk' again from Wal Mart for about $20 and packed up to three planes in it with bubble wrap. I labeled it Fragile as well. The only trouble I had was carrying the darn thing. I took a luggage cart with me but the whole thing was just a pain. Last time I got smart and put the planes in my hardside golf bag case. It had wheels on it and seemed even more durable.

Never had I been questioned going through security with my transmitter, and never have I had a broken plane. I always drained fuel tanks and despite my best attempts with 409 cleaner there was probably fuel residue everywhere! However I never had luggage detained. It was inspected once that I remember.

I'm confident that if you are flying electrics and pack carefully, AND are willing to lug around the extra luggage you should be ok. From my experience TSA wont give you a second look.

I have heard of people shipping thier airplane via ground a few days before flying to an event. A sturdy reuseable shipping crate could be built for that purpose. It would add some hassle and expense, but totally avoid the airline security issue. Chances for damage are probably about the same either way, and will depend a lot on how well the container protects the contents.

The FAA does have a new rules about Lipo's. You can carry on 2 Lipo's if they are in separate plastic bags and not hooked up to anything. You can no longer pack them in checked luggage or ship them as cargo. The reasoning behind this is if there is a fire in a cargo hold they system on the aircraft can not put the fire out. They think this was the cause of an aircraft fire recently in Philly. The want them in plastic bags so there is nothing for them to short against, and it's easier to tell they are not hooked up any suspicious devices.

Hogflyer

best thing to do is call your airline tell them what you want to do,they will tell what to do. i once took power saws drill hammers nail guns and all kinds of things like that all i had to do was check it with my other stuff