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# Cover the power port with some tape | # Cover the power port with some tape | ||
# Deflate the tire so it doesn't over-expand at altitude | # Deflate the tire so it doesn't over-expand at altitude | ||
# Drain battery | # Drain the battery | ||
# You can also disassemble the wheel and put it in the checked luggage wwhile keeping the board withyouo. I highy recommend this approach because you can't put batteries in checked luggage and don't try to take the wheel in carry-on, because it might cause some problems with the security.u | |||
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|Carried it on in 2 pieces | |||
|[https://www.facebook.com/groups/537477343058935/permalink/970444833095515/?comment_id=970471039759561&reply_comment_id=970621696411162¬if_id=1507052202688795¬if_t=group_comment_reply Piotr P.] | |||
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| [https://www.facebook.com/boomtho?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf Rodrique B.] | | [https://www.facebook.com/boomtho?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf Rodrique B.] | ||
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! How'd you do it? | ! How'd you do it? | ||
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|I had a layover in Paris traveling from the US. I had the wheel separated from the board in carry-on and the security didn't want to let me go because they couldn't determine by using xray that there is nothing dangerous inside the wheel. After lot of stress they let me go, but it wasn't easy to convince them and they didn't want to speak english, so I would say it was lucky, but it is a good lesson to not take the wheel in a carry-on. They didn't have any problems with the board that I was carrying in hand. | |||
|[https://www.facebook.com/groups/537477343058935/permalink/970444833095515/?comment_id=970471039759561&reply_comment_id=970621696411162¬if_id=1507052202688795¬if_t=group_comment_reply Piotr P.] | |||
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Revision as of 17:44, 3 October 2017
Warning
No one seems to have found the perfect method. There is always a risk that you can travel with your board to your destination without issue, then run into trouble on your return flight home. However, the tips below are from folks that have successfully made the journey.
Tips
- Include documentation to TSA the airline that it's a camera dolly, needed for professional filming
- Include airline-specific documentation on their policies:
- Include documentation on Onewheel battery certification and the battery safety sheet
- Never call it a hoverboard
- Tell the airline it's protected from short-circuit
- Cover the power port with some tape
- Deflate the tire so it doesn't over-expand at altitude
- Drain the battery
- You can also disassemble the wheel and put it in the checked luggage wwhile keeping the board withyouo. I highy recommend this approach because you can't put batteries in checked luggage and don't try to take the wheel in carry-on, because it might cause some problems with the security.u
Success stories
| Date | Airline | Departure location | Arrival location | How'd you do it? | Contact |
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| Oct 2017 | Delta | Seattle, U.S. | Paris, U.S | Carried it on in 2 pieces | Piotr P. |
| June 2017 | Alaska | Seattle, U.S. | Denver, U.S. | Checked it | Joshua S. |
| June 2017 | Southwest | Oakland, U.S. | U.S. | Carried it on | Peter C. |
| June 2017 | Unknown | San Francisco, U.S. | Austin, U.S. | Carried it on | George P. |
| June 2017 | Westjet | Unknown | Unknown | Checked | David L. |
| 2017 | United, Air Canada, Delta, Westjet | Unknown | Unknown | Checked. Worked multiple times. | Rodrique B. |
Sad stories
| Date | Airline | Departure location | Arrival location | How'd you do it? | Contact |
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| oct 2017 | AirFrance | Paris | Warsaw | I had a layover in Paris traveling from the US. I had the wheel separated from the board in carry-on and the security didn't want to let me go because they couldn't determine by using xray that there is nothing dangerous inside the wheel. After lot of stress they let me go, but it wasn't easy to convince them and they didn't want to speak english, so I would say it was lucky, but it is a good lesson to not take the wheel in a carry-on. They didn't have any problems with the board that I was carrying in hand. | Piotr P. |
| Late 2016 | Horizon | Seattle, U.S. | Bend, OR, U.S. | Tried carrying on. Barely made it through security line (TSA Pre) and then had to lie to the Horizon gate agent who didn't want to let me head to the plane. | Evan B. |
| Late 2016 | Southwest | Unknown | Unknown | They confiscated my friends who tried to put it on checked luggage. I took mine ON the plane with me in carry on, after twenty minutes of explanation, facts material data sheet, and under the 500kwh allowed (according to Southwest) they let me take it with me. On the return flight same twenty minute conversations, they wouldn't let me take it. My cousin shipped it, on an airplane. Go figure. If you try on your carry on, don't let it out of your sight, and be prepared to ship it, should they not allow it. | George P. |