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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / June 2004glow engines in carry on luggage?
Has anyone taken glow engines on a plane before? I'm flying for an event and have a couple engines I'd like to take with me, but not if I'm going to run into trouble at the airport. You might be better off putting them in check in luggage, but if you don't have any, or don't trust the TSA baggage checkers, then put them in your carry on and expect them to inspect your bags after the X-ray. John Make sure you don't have a prop on them as they could be considered weapons! The TSA (and everyone else for that matter) has gone very far off the deep end in what they classify as weapons and dangerous articles. Finger nail files on clippers??? Get real! They let on FAR more dangerous objects than that. -- Paul McIntosh http://www.rc-bearings.com > You might be better off putting them in check in luggage, but if you > don't have any, or don't trust the TSA baggage checkers, then put them > in your carry on and expect them to inspect your bags after the X-ray. > > John Yeah, like common sharpened #2 pencils.... quite effective weapon. Can be shoved thru an eye into the brain, or directly into the heart! And they do not consficate credit cards....... one edge can be sharpened to rival a box cutter. Does not hold the edge, but how many cuts do you need to make? David >Make sure you don't have a prop on them as they could be considered weapons! >The TSA (and everyone else for that matter) has gone very far off the deep [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> John > Make sure you don't have a prop on them as they could be considered weapons! > The TSA (and everyone else for that matter) has gone very far off the deep > end in what they classify as weapons and dangerous articles. > > Finger nail files on clippers??? Get real! They let on FAR more dangerous > objects than that. Last year my wife and I flew cross-country to do a week in the wine country of California. After the flight out there and the return to the east coast, she happened to look in her pocketbook and noticed that she had carried her pepper spray on the entire trip. In her pocketbook, on the plane, through airport security. Jack But that's not a weapon..... only nail clippers and the like ! ;-] David >> Make sure you don't have a prop on them as they could be considered >weapons! [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Jack When I read your post, I though it was a silly question to ask, but then I began to wonder myself. I think it would an arbitrary decision on the TSA's part as to whether a toy airplane engine represents a threat to the aircraft, crew and other passengers. Welcome to the U.S.S.R. > Has anyone taken glow engines on a plane before? I'm flying for an event and > have a couple engines I'd like to take with me, but not if I'm going to run > into trouble at the airport. Freeflight guys travel with engines all the time. The trick seems to be to wash all fuel residue off the motor, tank and tubing. Especially nitro, as that will trigger the bomb sniffers. Washed motor should travel without problems. I suspect there are no sharp parts in the motor that could be considered dangerous, but I suppose a safe bet would be to allow some extra time at the airport, and ask the security if the engines should be carry on luggage or not. -Tapio- > I think it would an arbitrary decision >on the TSA's part as to whether a toy airplane engine represents a >threat to the aircraft, crew and other passengers. Welcome to the >U.S.S.R. No, in the USSR (which isn't anymore, or did you miss that?) the rules would be strict and clearly defined. This is part of the free enterprise/democratic way. You have people running security-type jobs who have very little, or no, training in security. Dr.1 Driver "There's a Hun in the sun!" We lost The Cold War by becomming our enemy. Democracy does not exist, and in fact may never have on a state level. Free enterprise cannot exist in a regulated market. The words 'democracy' and 'free enterprise' are thrown around so freely that they have lost all meaning to the new common language. This deception of terms has helped to disguise our rapid descent into collectivism/socialism/statism that has our entire economy planned to measure and has our industrial/financial sector locked into a preternatural marrigae with government. If it is regulated, it is not free, is it? Anyway, the USSR was disciplined for shure, but they were not known to be effiecient or without error. > > I think it would an arbitrary decision > >on the TSA's part as to whether a toy airplane engine represents a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Dr.1 Driver > "There's a Hun in the sun!" I just flew from France to Britain and then back to Australia via Dubai and Singapore all with stops and xray checks. I carried a Laser V Twin 50cc in my hand luggage all the way. Only one xray guy showed any interest and he was a modeller and wanted a look at it. I removed the carb needles just in case and put them in check in baggage. >Has anyone taken glow engines on a plane before? I'm flying for an event and >have a couple engines I'd like to take with me, but not if I'm going to run >into trouble at the airport. |
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