US Air banning "fake cigs"

[Ramblin]

I haven't flown since they decided US citizens were potential terrorists. Problem solved.

[Elendil]

I haven't flown since they decided US citizens were potential terrorists. Problem solved.

I only have 2 words...... Timothy McVeigh

[Ramblin]

I only have 2 words...... Timothy McVeigh

He did not hijack a plane if I remember correctly.

[LuckySevens4U]

I wouldn't use one sitting in my seat on a plane. I can see why it would cause a comotion even though there is no way it will blow up. Why argue with them. I'm not sure they can legally take it from you either. When it comes time for me to get on a plane and fly cross country I'll just take it in the bathroom and smoke it in there. Who will ever know.

I feel exactly the same way Houdini! I would just be quiet and I would have to "pee" a lot. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Elendil]

He did not hijack a plane if I remember correctly.

He was a U.S. citizen and he was a terrorist, Which were the 2 qualifiers in your post.

[Wildsky]

I haven't flown since they decided US citizens were potential terrorists. Problem solved.

its a long walk across the USA nevermind international!

[sMuCk_fOg]

and only go as far as Northern Ca...I drive , or Las Vegas,I drive , or Mexico...I cruise...I vape all the way there and back...Life is good!

[Jim Davis]

its a long walk across the USA nevermind international!

But remember - everywhere is within walking distance, if you have the time.

[ISAWHIM]

Technically it can blow-up... (Show me an actual report, and I will not bring mine.)

The things below are just some POSSIBLE reasons... not anything that has been known to happen... not that I have read. (Most of the things are real, though I doubt the frequency of an occurrence is anything to worry about. Laptops are allowed and they explode, and so are cell-phones, and compressed inhalers.)

The airplane makes a constant high-pitched whine, and that could activate the coil. Even with a shut-off for a long drag... Continual turning on, without evacuating the fluid, could eventually cause enough heat to ignite the expanded battery. The battery expands as it heats, and energy is being consumed, also creating heat.

LiIon batteries normally have a solid shell, and an explosion chamber, and an suppression gas. (Depends what the battery is manufactured for.) Our batteries are just wrapped in foil and pushed inside the tube. A needle can poke through the battery package and cause it to explode. The air-pressure from the airplane constantly rises and falls as the plane is in flight. Your body adjusts to it, but sealed soft-shell devices which can expand and contract, adjust by expanding and contracting. Imagine the battery expanding inside the hollow tube, without the protection, pressing against a solder-joint, and it then turns on... It will result in a fire.

Ok, so that is far fetched... but technically possible.

Keep it unassembled, in your pocket... and toke in the toilet. It is not like they are going to smell it, unless it does catch fire... Then flush it safely, and blame the odor on the guy before you. (Sure they will make an emergency landing, just to investigate the electrical fire smell, but you get a free room for the night, and dinner and breakfast!)

I am not promoting the use of "Fake cigarettes" on airplanes... If you find a fake cigarette, and can identify it for me... I will be sure to avoid it.

However, I will not stop using my nicotine delivery device, which is not a cigarette, and is not fake, so thus, it is not a fake cigarette. It is a real vaporizer. LOL.

I bet that cell-phone mod looks interesting now!

How about an inhaler version?

I know, paint it to look like a pencil, or get the pen-vape.

If they are banned, they are banned... drink more alcohol. Just don't fart near an open flame on the plane!

[quovadis]

There was a great post by Steve at PS..on this thread about airport security and vaping in the airplane..
and one should not vape in the bathroom unless you vape blowing out downwards direction (into the toilet) otherwise it will set the detector off..!!
Airport Security .... The Facts (Or atleast what worked)

I just tried to set my smoke detectors off at home.
I climbed up a ladder with 2 janty sticks and vaped the crap out of them and blew the vapor right into the detectors for 2 minutes.
Nothing..
I'm sure they enjoyed it!!!