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by TeMPOraL 4462 days ago
From FAQ:

>> Can I bring a Reactor on a plane?

> Yes. Per FAA rules every traveler can carry-on up to two Reactor sized batteries.

Well, if supposedly[0] a charged laptop battery can be shorted to unleash energy equivalent of a small hand grenade, how strong a bomb made of two Reactors would be?...

[0] - so I read at random places in the Internet.

2 comments

I doubt that you can do take these batteries on international flights at all: http://www.britishairways.com/cms/global/pdfs/lithium_batter... states that no Li batteries with >160wh are allowed on board or in checked baggage. The Trontium has 290wh.
Air travel is ruled by irrational fears more than by FAA rules. I can absolutely see how a metal case that looks like a pipe bomb on x-ray is going to cause some interesting conversations at the security gates.
Especially if you say, "No, it's fine, it's a Trontium Reactor".
All I can hear in my head was "Stand Back!! I am doing science" :P ref xkcd