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Happy new year folks,
The Mrs is pricing up an e-bike and I'm wondering if there are any implications of taking one on a plane. I've searched a little online and found contradicting info. Just wondering if anyone has any experince of taking one abroad? Any issues / considerations?
Cheers
James
Can you pack it under 32kg?
Is this the sequel? Who's starring in it?
Surely Sbike on a plane would be a better working title.
Sbikes on a plane, or not as the case may be!
Looking at the model she's looking at, I think we may just sneek in under 32kg including the case.
[i]Is this the sequel?[/i]
That was my first thought 🙂
OP: Find out what the airline's policy is on Li-Ion batteries - they may have to be taken as hand luggage (or not!).
I think we may just sneek in under 32kg including the case.
Remember 32kg is a hard limit. Bits have to come off and out of the bag if it's over that - and some will have a 23kg piece concept for extra bags too.
Batteries will be a general rule but different airlines will interpret things differently - see the stupid powered bags at the moment.
I've mistakenly left li-ion batteries in my hold bags before and upon unpacking found I had to pay for an expensive courier service to have them repatriated. Given the potential energy contained in an e-bike battery pack, I wonder whether security / airlines are going to be comfortable with something that can be quite easily converted into an incendiary device to be allowed in the cabin?
Think of the poor baggage handlers! I reckon hiring one at the other end would be far more practical. An eBike would be like a freight item rather than a passenger oversized job.
For lithium ion batteries, depends on the capacity. If its more than 160Wh, it is not allowed, in either the hold or carry on luggage. This is a rule from the IATA, so would apply to just about all airlines.
or maybe it comes under
[i]Powered wheelchairs and mobility aids
If you have a battery-powered wheelchair or mobility aid which you wish to take on the aircraft, you need to contact your airline to let them know. This is because battery-powered devices can be a fire risk on board aircraft, and the airline will need to disable the battery before the flight takes off.[/i]
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Although the battery capacity is 400wh, it consists of multiple cells so I think each cell come in under the maximum...
Sounds like it could be a lottery. Mobility aid perhaps!
Yes just checked - 36v is 10 cells of 3.6v. So each battery is only 40wh
[i]So each battery is only 40wh[/i]
If you can carry them through individually you *might* get away with it.
If they're bundled together into what most people would see as 'a battery' (ie in the same way a laptop battery is multiple cells) then you may be disappointed.
I just bought a 500w Shimano ebike battery and it was shipped from Europe with clear markings to only be carried on a cargo plane.
The sticker is brilliant
https://photos.app.goo.gl/fzT4D9Oner6WbkXE3
All batteries are made from multiple cells, is who they are linked and packaged.
[url= http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dgr/Pages/lithium-batteries.aspx ]take a look here... [/url]
Remember 32kg is a hard limit. Bits have to come off and out of the bag if it's over that
It's supposed to be, but I've known someone take a 38kg bike bag through once he'd produced his wallet.
What was in it? Everything!