Airport security

[crazycuber1]

Planning to take a Dayan zhanchi over seas to practice cubing don't know if I am allowed to hand carry it.

 

[pjk]

Yes, you are allowed to carryon a cube.

 

[PianoCube]

The security wantet to take a look at my timer once, but nothing have ever been taken from me.

A cube won't be a problem.

 

[Dene]

The only things you won't be allowed are flamables and sharp things. Google came up with this. Go down to the bottom where it has "What you should leave at home".

Just be careful with lube. If you use a silicon spray can, that won't be allowed.

 

[TDM]

I took a 2x2, two 3x3s, a 4x4, a 5x5, a Megaminx and a Pyramorphix to Italy and back. Didn't have any problems.

 

[kcl]

Just be careful about rounded puzzles. I've heard of people getting pulled aside for v cube 7s and stuff.

 

[Username]

Just be careful about rounded puzzles. I've heard of people getting pulled aside for v cube 7s and stuff.

Why would that make a difference? :O

 

[TDM]

Why would that make a difference? :O

Most people haven't seen them before. They're a different shape, they could look like they have something inside them because they're bigger, so they could look suspicious.

 

[kcl]

Why would that make a difference? :O

"Foreign object". Just because the shape looks.. Interesting on an X-ray.

 

[mark49152]

Why would that make a difference? :O

Looks like a hand grenade on x-ray...?

 

[crazycuber1]

Thanks everyone!!!

 

[shelley]

Cubes do look suspicious on x-rays because the six screws in the axis show up prominently. However, I remember a trip through airport security when I noticed an agent looking confusedly at an image of my bag. He pointed it out to a colleague, who immediately said "Oh those are Rubik's cubes!"

 

[kcl]

Cubes do look suspicious on x-rays because the six screws in the axis show up prominently. However, I remember a trip through airport security when I noticed an agent looking confusedly at an image of my bag. He pointed it out to a colleague, who immediately said "Oh those are Rubik's cubes!"

Yeah, they generally figure out what they are very quickly. I usually have a minimum 5 yoyos (aluminum.. Round.. ) and I've never had a problem. Overall airport security isn't bad.

 

[rj]

Yeah, they generally figure out what they are very quickly. I usually have a minimum 5 yoyos (aluminum.. Round.. ) and I've never had a problem. Overall airport security isn't bad.

I've never flown, but my dad carried on a stickerless GuHong with no problems.

 

[78BFE]

I'm fairly certain you can take a 3x3 on a plane but I'm not too sure about other larger puzzles.

 

[Rubiks560]

I've brought a full backpack full of every WCA puzzle.

 

[78BFE]

I've brought a full backpack full of every WCA puzzle.

Well then, there you have it; you can bring any puzzle with not much complications.

 

[tx789]

I brought nearly my entire cube collection on a plane as hand luggage. It was a Wellington-Auckland flight. For NZ Nations 2013. No problems.

 

[uyneb2000]

I remember once at the US-Canada border, an officer noticed I had a cube in my hand. He asked me to solve, so I did. Just a funny experience I had.

 

[brian724080]

I brought a whole pack of cubes and another cube on my hand in and out of Canada and Taiwan, no problem