Electric Skateboards on domestic and International Flights

Hi guys, I'll be going on a trip soon to Asia and stopping through a few countries in the area and would like to hear some of your experiences with bring your eboards with you on a plane. I don't have a Evolve board yet, so while I wait I'd love to hear any inputs you guy may have. TY

 

As far as I know you can not, I'm going to the US in 4 weeks and wNted to take mine however boards are awesome.

Good luck

 

Thanks Boardfreek, looks like I may have to order one for the other office (Bangkok) and one for here at home. I thought of getting a different E-board but I got to have the Evolve with me.

Maybe they could look into designing one for just that niche...small, lightweight, good battery life and can get on a airplane. Oh, will the Evolve gods hear our cries...

 

It would be great if you could detach the battery, though there is still restrictions for carry on batteries in luggage Qantas Limits Carry on batteries between (rechargeable) - 101Wh-160Wh in Equipment, so maybe a travel Battery to fit these requirements would be an option.

 

You said it Alex, and all you guys are welcome to come over for some local BBQ!!!

Thanks for all the great input guys. Well it sure seems that traveling with with an Eboard or any large capacity battery item may not be a good idea. Like you said Alex, I wouldn't want to be in a situation where airport/airline personal can just take your very expensive property. If you do though please add your experience here for more bla, bla, bla

On a side note, I won't be able to place my order til late November early December and since I live in Guam, which route could get me my board quicker? Order through AU or USA Evolve outlet? And, do you have a Bangkok office/store? Thank you.

 

Great info!

 

hi I want to pickup this thread again. Can someone with inside knowledge share how a airline would detect the WH of a battery? either attached to the board or taken out of the compartment I understand 160WH is the max for airlines, well its is actually 2 of them so together 320WH which is close to evolves 360WH. Can someone enlighten me here. Thanks

 

Sorry to bring up an old topic and I've never actually opened my evolve bamboo gt board, but is the battery a daisy chain of several small batteries (this was the case for my Yuneec E-Go) or is it one large brick? What i'm getting at is would our boards be able to squeak by with a technicality that we're not transferring one large battery but several smaller ones, all of which are permanently installed?

 

sadly not because almost all batteries are made up of multiple cells. combining more cells = bigger battery. You can't argue that its multiple little batteries. Which is a shame because touring new places on these is awesome!

 

Could you take out the battery and mail it to your destination? Or, just mail your board to your destination? If you're staying in the hotel just call ahead and have them keep the package at the front desk. Just thinking of a work-a-round...

 

Mailing it is definitely the best option, however even ground shipping is hella expensive!

 

You can remove the battery and mail it. Then carry the board on the flight. You will just have to show them the battery has been removed.

This is probably the best way to travel with the board. Make sure to mail the battery legally. Declare it as a lithium battery. I'm not sure about USPS, but I know UPS and FEDEX do special delivery of hazmat items. And Lipo batteries are hazmat.

--Flightjunkie

 

Supposedly the inboard M1 is airline compliant due to the removable battery. The price came down to $1k, IMHO the process of removing your evolve battery (which technically isn't made to do so on a regular basis) and transporting the board and battery separately greatly increases your chances for something to get lost or damaged than just mailing the whole board, plus the extra hassle. However shipping only the battery would be much less expensive and carrying the boand on a plane. ImI probably just gonna buy a plain ol skateboard for travel until these battery concerns go away lol!

 

It sounds kinda dumb but what if your battery is not charged?