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joeljjison · Post by **joeljjison** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:44 pm

What do you do?

For most flights, some kind of 2 unit case is good enough for flying hand luggage. About 12 kilos with this http://www.skbcases.com/music/products/ ... c=113&s=80

But what do you do when its not? The blue and yellow bastards will only let you take 10 kilos. Is there a lighter case? Or is there a case you would trust in the hold (After removing the hard drive of course...)

ndurant · Post by **ndurant** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:20 am

Great topic, I'd be really interested to hear people's ideas and if they've flown with their Receptor. I'll be taking mine from the UK->US in a few months, and really don't know how best to take the Receptor. Though you can be sure I'll be cloning the drive before I fly!

Spherical

jonnyG · Post by **jonnyG** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:33 am

ndurant wrote:I'll be cloning the drive before I fly!

Spherical

Be sure that Ryanair will make you pay 2x the baggage fee then!

joeljjison · Post by **joeljjison** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:22 am

Bump ! Doesn't anyone travel with receptors? Surely you must all have methods of moving around ...

Robert Karasek · Post by **Robert Karasek** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:17 am

I'll be touring Lithuania in a few months. Actually, I'd have to bring along my 2 Receptor-units.
this is a very tricky situation for me, as well.

I'd like to have a feature like this:
being easily able to clone the harddrive 1:1.
take this external HD with you.
connect this external harddrive to any RECEPTOR you wish.
piracy issues whatsoever might be solved via online authorization/login etc ?

... just thinking of ways to handle this "problem"...

rockpolice · Post by **rockpolice** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:14 pm

We have 2 Receptors which we check in dozens of times a year on various European airlines. Our solution for couple of years with the fly in/out shows has been to put a Receptor plus some additional stuff in a 4U rack and place the rack in a padded Storm Case (so 4 Storm cases and various other cases). No problems with receptors ever even though the rack ears have broke couple of times. It weighs about 30kg, so if the airline charges overweight by kg's it totally sucks, but almost all airlines we use, have a fixed fee for bags/cases under 23kg and 24-32kg.

Ilkka

Robert Karasek · Post by **Robert Karasek** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:01 am

hay ilkka,

that's what I was planning too.. putting my 4HE shockmount-case with 2 Receptors into another case.

so, which StormCase did you choose ?

joeljjison · Post by **joeljjison** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:43 pm

Thank you Illka and Robert

You both seem more savvy than me on this. To be honest, I can't comprehend the pelican cases site due to the ridiculous amount of choice, and not really being that up on that kind of thing.

I'd be very appreciative if you, or anyone else could point me closer to a possible solution... either a way to securely transport it as checked luggage (minus the hard drive of course), or a hand luggage alternative to no case at all!

ndurant · Post by **ndurant** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:00 pm

joeljjison wrote:I'd be very appreciative if you, or anyone else could point me closer to a possible solution... either a way to securely transport it as checked luggage (minus the hard drive of course), or a hand luggage alternative to no case at all!

Me too! Thanks in advance!

Neil

cam2000 · Post by **cam2000** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:57 am

I use a pelican case

Model 1600, Dimensions 61.5 x 22.1 x 49.3 cm. Room for leads/other stuff below it as well.

Martin [Camel Web Guy] · Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:31 am

joeljjison wrote:What do you do?

For most flights, some kind of 2 unit case is good enough for flying hand luggage. About 12 kilos with this http://www.skbcases.com/music/products/ ... c=113&s=80

But what do you do when its not? The blue and yellow bastards will only let you take 10 kilos. Is there a lighter case? Or is there a case you would trust in the hold (After removing the hard drive of course...)

It's not the weight you need to worry about really - it's the size. They have smaller than standard hand luggage dimensions which are just slightly smaller than a standard cabin bag, they really are a bunch of cants. I've never seen them weighing a cabin bag but they regularly pull people out of line to prove that they can fit their bag into their bag measurement thing.

popmoney · Post by **popmoney** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:05 pm

I second martin's post.ryanair never weighed my
Cabin bag.it is the size of the bag that's important.
If the unit fits into a standard cabin bag then I would
Carry it on.be careful that it doesn't draw attention to itself.

ndurant · Post by **ndurant** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:24 pm

What are the various airlines like for taking a metal box like a Receptor onto a plan as hand luggage? Do they get suspicious? Anyone had any problems at security?

joeljjison · Post by **joeljjison** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:48 am

Thanks for all the responses!

I'd be worried about what would happen in the event they DID way it, and force me to put it in the hold. I have snuck stuff on well enough before, but never has it been the main item pivotal to doing the gig, so it does fill me with dread.

I think it depends where you are flying out from... my experience is mainly Stansted... and they do weigh things... that said I've never had it weighed on my way back!

So popular options are storm cases, the 1600, and various 4u shockmount cases.

Does anybody have experience sticking a 2u shockmount case in the hold? Will the receptor survive? Eg http://www.theflightcasecompany.com/pro ... -Rack.html . Having one case that you can gig with the Receptor in, and that you can use at home and abroad does seem like a good shout... if its viable?

The other option I've heard about is a case within a case... keeping your Receptor in the SKB shallow rack, and then putting that in another case. Nobody seems to know what exactly the other case would be.

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