Heli's on Airplanes?

[coffinsnail]

anyone ever taken their heli on a airplane? if so how did you go about keeping it from getting hurt?

[Solitaire]

If you don't have a heli carry case, do you have the original box it came in?

I brought one back from Illinois last Dec in it's box. Checked it as luggage and they took good care of it. They even put "fragile" type stickers all over it. I did have to pay extra as it was an international flight and was only allowed one free piece of checked baggage.

Not sure if they would allow it as carry-on. They have some rather odd rules about that.

[coffinsnail]

thanks i got the original box, i really need to get a good case.

[lowbudget]

is it a 450 size - if so 14 hours PDT time on this one on ebay.com - buy now total cost 39 bucks - very nice case - i have a emty one which i will fill later on down the road - number is 140325847178 - ;D = VIC

[mightyxxwhitey]

On things that I dont want broken on a plane or lost, I ship it to myself. Might be cheaper then checking in luggage now a days.

[akent]

I carried on an MCX in it's original box on a flight to Norway. No problems at all.
It's box was small enough to fit in the overhead.

Xheli had the 450 cases for $35. I don't know if they still do. Those are very nice. These are probably too big to carry on, but could be checked, or shipped like Mighty mentions.
Kent

[lowbudget]

the case on ebay came from toymines.com - every thing in the case has foam around it no loose items ;D = VIC

[19000rpm]

Mighty has the best alternative solution to carry on or baggage IMO.

I ship to myself and save a bunch of time, money and potential hassle (who knows what the dimwit at the counter, security or customs is going to say about that odd and potentially dangerous pkg you want to put on THEIR plane).

Happy landing