SFF on an airplane

[Malfeas]

Hello, I've built a SFF for my parents and will be flying home on thursday. I would prefer to take it with me as a carryon vice mailing it, it is small enough to fit in an overhead. Will I be allowed on the plane with it as carryon, or even if I check it will they still allow it on the plane?

 

[d2arcturus]

They allow laptops so I don't see why not.

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Youll prolly have to take it out of the bag for the security check.

 

[ShellGuy]

Out of the bag and through the scanner but yes i don't see why not.


Will G>

 

[vegetation]

Sure it's allowed, no reason at all it wouldn't be. However, never send something expensive like that through checked luggage, high probability of either damage or theft. Carry it on.

 

[cmp1223]

Probably be fine, but if you get, i mean when you get and idiot that barely knows what a laptop is, and you tell him how you built this small box full of powerfull electronics, you might be up for a few more questions.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Do they not make you power up laptops to prove they work? Thought they used to. Would be kinda hard to do for a SFF

 

[WackyDan]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Do they not make you power up laptops to prove they work? Thought they used to. Would be kinda hard to do for a SFF

No more powerups.....

 

[Malfeas]

Yeah, hopefully I won't have to be strip searched and anally probed.

I built it mostly using an old cpu, ram, and hard drive I had lying around. I would mail it to my parents, but they are the absolutely clueless type when it comes to computers. I had to set it up with all the auto updates enabled for the virus, spyware and windows os because if I didn't they would never be able to do it, even if I tried to walk them through it over the phone.