Re: Carrying F1D on Board Airliners

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 18:14:45 +0300

On 11/6/2015 17:30, Evan Guyett guyettevan_at_yahoo.com
[Indoor_Construction] wrote:
> From what I understand the dimension the most affected is shrinking
> the depth of carry on bags to 7.5" from 9". They say it is to keep
> passengers from over stuffing luggage, which makes them too fat. My
> box is already longer than the width dimension, being 23.5", so I
> don't see the major problem there. I am assuming the overhead bin will
> stay the same size. If this is the case, could we still convince them
> to bring our model boxes into the cabin, since the models are
> extremely delicate, and will fit in the bins since they can't be
> "overstuffed". If not, then what?
>

Here in Europe that 22" has for ages been interpreted as metric 55cm, so
my box that is 57cm long is already oversize. (Actually the
interpretation of the max dimension varies from one company to another,
I think Air Baltic already has the max length at 50cm...). My
experience, leaving Helsinki and flying to Belgrade or Bukarest
(typically via Germany) has been that it takes some talking to get past
the check-in personnel at Helsinki airport. They take a look at my box
and claim "there is no way you can take THAT as hand luggage". I guess a
rectangular box looks larger than it is. But if I kindly ask whether I
can check that at the port with flight personnel, things are all the
same. The flight attendants are fascinated of the F1D models, and often
offer to take them into wardrobe of first class... :-) So far I have
managed to do the sweet talk...

However, I am considering of transporting the models in cargo. For that
I feel that one needs a sturdy box (10mm plywood or like that), with
separate boxes inside for wings, props and fuselages. If the parts are
mounted individually and so that they cannot move, I doubt they would
break in transport. The parts are just so light that they do not have
the mass, and hence the inertia, to break in acceleration. But you would
need, say, separate slot for each wing and tailplane, and the boxes
inside the crate need to fit snugly so that they do not move around.
Then add plenty of windows, so that the cargo handlers see what is
inside and do not need to open the box.



-Tapio-
Received on Thu Jun 11 2015 - 08:14:52 CEST