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mattsartin
05-19-2009, 10:19 PM
i feel like i know the answer to this already :( can you carry a tripod through the airport?
Only if it'll fit in the "approved" carry-on sizing container. Some airports are far more willing to work with you than others (after a coule trips with a shotgun my airport is used to me by now). I always err toward caution and pack my tripod in the suitcase... not like I'm going to need it before I get where I'm going.
alexniedra
05-19-2009, 10:55 PM
I will try to disconnect my head (haha) and try to fit mine (Man. O55XPROB) diagonally in a suitcase when I travel this summer.
If yours is small enough, hopefully you can pack it away somewhere.
Good luck..
mpphoto12
05-20-2009, 12:00 AM
i always check mine becasue it is heavy. (Gitzo reporter Tripod and Ball Head) its heavy s i pack it away but i have carried it before and not had a proble at all. Really depends.
ShutterbugJohan
05-20-2009, 01:25 PM
You should be fine if your tripod doesn't have spikes on the legs.
I will try to disconnect my head (haha) and try to fit mine (Man. O55XPROB) diagonally in a suitcase when I travel this summer.
LOL!
mattsartin
05-20-2009, 01:36 PM
i managed to fit it across diagonally after taking the head off, i wasn't sure if they would consider it as a weapon or not
Unlikely... but then again some airport security people have a funny idea of what does and doesn't constitute a "weapon". If it's in your checked luggage, it won't be a problem (unless it's been recently dipped in any chemicals that'll set off the bomb detector... which is extremely unlikely for the average person). As I mentioned earlier, I frequently travel with a shotgun in my checked luggage and it's never been a problem (okay, so there was one time where the tamper seal got broken in transit and the San Antonio airport cops went into a momentary emergency response mode when I showed up to collect it, but that was resolved quickly and without fanfare).
samoksner
05-20-2009, 09:47 PM
why on earth would you travel with a shotgun? This isn't meant as an offending question, just brute curiousosity!
I shoot trap as a competitive hobby. Not so much anymore since I don't have as much free time as I did a couple years ago, but I still manage to get to about half a dozen shoots every year.
Colin
05-21-2009, 02:36 AM
I haven't had an issue, though I prefer to take it apart and put it on my suitcase.
Sure could beat somebody with it though [:)]
mpphoto12
05-21-2009, 06:06 PM
hahah yea i could mine is heavy almost like three pounds or more lol Ithought Gitzos were light but i guess not