I think I’ve found the perfect travel case for the BlueROV2. It falls just under the airline limit for oversize baggage and weighs only 24 lbs. I’ll have to remove and stow the roof rack with my water test kits and the Ping360, but it should have room for some tools and stay under the 70 lb. limit for overweight baggage.https://www.meijiacase.com/product-page/meijia-portable-all-weather-waterproof-hard-case
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Last year I had a lot of efforts for sending the batteries from Hamburg to Ireland. There was no chance of transporting the batteries by any airline or UPS or DPD or DHL. All these companies may not transport batteries with this high power. How do you manage this?
At least I had to book a haulage company for 520 bugs one way to transport them by truck and ferry.
When I travel I take the smaller Lithium polymer batteries as carry-on which is allowed by the FAA. I think we have a distributor in the UK who sells batteries.
Can you write me an idea of the costs of these batteries and the cases for ROV and tether. Thanks
Here is a link to our Li-polymer battery which sells for $200. The FAA allows this battery on the plane as carry-on.
Here is a link to the case which sells for $289.99.
If you can use a shorter 2-wire tether for your travel, you can get our 50m 2-wire tether for $225, and it will fit in the same case with the ROV (no spool).
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Note that “allows” still comes with some restrictions. The relevant FAA guideline (which often applies to non-USA based airlines as well) is:
Airlines will typically want you to make sure the leads/connectors are electrically insulated (e.g. taped over with electrical tape) and/or in a box with the battery (so they can’t be accidentally shorted out), and it is generally necessary to declare that you have the batteries as part of the check in process.