Im talking about domestic travel within the United States.
His flight was domestic to Dallas, then Buenos Aires…
Nothing personal just I don’t think it is realistic nor safe to carry that many batteries.
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But you could be right and do it…I just do not trust a guy with enforcement enough to take your batteries just because you look suspicious…this it is not a paranoid state, I saw that happened many times
I mean before the hover board fires there where no restrictions and I can’t find any cases of DIY batteries catching fire.
As far as single cells go they’re below the maximum wh and there is no limit on them. If you are transporting them properly insulated and not in checked baggage you’ll be fine.
I mean I just recently flew with a vape with half a dozen 18650’s just in a case and they didn’t give a fuck, they where more sketched out by the shape of my vape than the solid bricks of batteries. (half a dozen 18650’s and 2 battery banks is over the wh limit all connected but because they aren’t it’s fine).
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I have banged my head against the wall for months to find a proper travel solution and ultimately ended up with using LIPOs. This is my 10s 5ah setup with a BMS which can be disconnected for travel. No wire on the lipos has been modified. Each battery is 92.5wh totalling 185wh for both.
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Mutantbass, thank you for adding something to this thread. We need more options for travelers that want range
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Yup as ass backwards as it seems lipo is the easier way to go traveling with, as everything is labeled and looks like an off the shelf product.
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The best solution I have seen for this problem are single 10s1p packs of 25Rs, which are 90wh each.
Connect them in parallel and you are set. 
Of course you will need at least four of them to manage voltage sag.
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I’m not getting what you want to do but I’m pretty sure a NESE 2s4p is absolutely fine, you can even open the case to show them the single cells with their printed labels, way more transparency than everything else.
The only thing that could be improved would be a insulation “case” for the single modules, but simple bags should do the trick (combined with the tpu nipples)
This is super useful.
I guess in theory you could have a 12s12p that breaks down into 36 x 1s4p modules and as long as they are insulated and protected from shorts it should be fine to fly with this in either your carry on or hold luggage.
Would be interested to see someone try this. I have been thinking about a pack design that would theoretically allow this fairly easily.
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I hope someone tries this - it almost sounds to easy 
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IMHO the more OEM it looks with a proper sticker info on it, the easier it will be to carry.
Some companies limit the number of <100wh batteries as well, depends if you’re flying solo US or international.
You can for example do 4x 12s1p of Samsung 20S, Max charge at 49.98v and sit at 99.96wh / pack. Each pack will pack 30A continuous no sweat. Total 12s4p 399wh 120A cont. for your ride.
If you decide to go with NESE, I have a full hardware set for a 12s4p that I’ll sell ya pretty cheap!
I decided to not use it in my build since I got a spot welder pretty cheap
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So 3d print a adapter that has a switch and led to fit to a NEST Modual
Then you be carrying 5* 2s4p tourches with 89wh and insain run time
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You think it’d work if you used slightly bigger 150Wh packs but print custom turnigy stickers that say 99Wh?
No dude that is highly illegal and so unethical
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DONT FUCKING DO THIS. its illegal. like go to prison and have a soap daddy illegal.
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alright fair enough