I've done some googling... it's much, much worse...
Firstly, the rules vary from airline to airline. The ministry of transportation in the US stated that you may only carry 3 batteries, they must be in the handluggage, in transparent bags...
http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_batteries.html
IMHO I think this is something the manufacturers should deal with. I cannot see how EFRA can be expected to be informed as to all european countries and all the airline policies... It's too much work and too complicated.
Keep in mind that in theory you're not even allowed to put any oils etc. in your luggage... if you want to fly your gear to a race you're kinda forced to bend the rules slightly anyway...
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Originally Posted by Chrislong
The reason for the size limits is that Lipo and Nimh need to be on a level playing field. Nimhs have a cell size to comply with and when they didn't the door shut on them - remember the IB38's? So Lipo needs similar goal posts, granted the packs are very different, but for fairness with our demands to manufacturer if not any other reason, we need a dimension rule.
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Chris, the rest of your post is very interesting! But as for the quoted section here I'm afraid I cannot see the point. Please explain further!
I know NiMH sizes "got out of control"... but isn't that EFRAs homologation process that failed? And as to the recent battery explosions - wouldn't that have been avoided if they were "stess tested" in a laboratory? (like ROAR does for LiPo)
As to LiPo it's simply that the cells itself are a given size. And with safe hardcasing etc. a saddle cannot be made smaller... How "fair" would it be to pull the plug on manufactuers of saddle pack cars?
And don't tell me to wait patiently!
This is a discussion forum!
@David:
http://www.toyota.com/html/dyncon/20...l/battery.html (future ones then!
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