Could this be the legal way to take your e-bike in the plane?

[Woosh]

As you know, the limit for taking your battery with cabin luggage is 100WH, that's roughly 36V 2.5AH, may be 36V 3AH.

Here is my Brompton with a Bosch tool battery.
It may be also easy to rent a Bosch 36V 6AH a battery.
The bike travels of course in the cargo hold.

What do you think?

 

[Nealh]

An excellent idea light and compact to suit the bike also ideal for commuting as it can easily be charged on the desk at work for a 8 - 12 mile one way commute, the only issue is waterproofing for those damp days.

 

[cyclebuddy]

Nice. From my old days working around Heathrow, it used to be a WH size limit per battery - not how many you were allowed to carry; IIRC the WH limit was imposed by the FAA, but how many batteries you could carry differed from airline to airline (some didn't state any limit - you need to check each airlines conditions of carriage). That may be different now, but it came up all the time with video/film/programme makers - some used to fly with several batteries of the maximum capacity.

It'd be great for a carpenter/builder cycling to work too: The same battery to get him there then fits all his work tools too (and you could easily carry a spare in a back-pack) - although I doubt his Brompton would still be there at the end of the day if he worked on a building site!