well that was fun. flying back from morocco and apparently i packed my lipo batteries wrong — had them in my checked bag instead of carry on and they pulled my whole bag at the gate. lost the two batteries and nearly lost the drone itself but they let me keep that at least. guy at security was actually pretty cool about explaining it but still, expensive lesson.

i knew the rule vaguely but i guess i just forgot in the chaos of packing. dont do what i did

oof that hurts. lipo rules on planes are no joke, airlines treat them basically like they would any lithium battery, gotta be in cabin with you. i always put a sticky note on my drone case now that just says BATTERIES - CARRY ON so i dont forget when im half asleep at 5am packing

this is actually more common than people think and the frustrating part is the rules vary slightly by airline too. some have watt-hour limits that are stricter than others so you gotta check each time. did you at least get to fly much while you were in morocco? been wanting to go there for ages, the landscape looks insane for aerial stuff