Re: [Paddlewise] flying paddles -52 inch math -Reply

Your right! I was not thinking in 3D.

This is the Delta limit for size. All of your checked  baggage must fit in
these dimensions:

Domestic

62"x55"x45"

International

62" square.

Looks like your 52" box will work international. Just pack everything else
around it the weight limit per piece of luggage is 70 lbs.

Also they sometimes make you pay extra for sports equipment even if it
fits in this requirement. I had to pay extra for a bike that was in a case
of less than these dimensions.

Jim

>>> Saul Kinderis <saul_at_isomedia.com> 05/13/98 10:47am >>>
Actually 52 inches per side was correct as follows:
If you remember our old friend Pathegrious (spelling?)

A squared + B squared = C squared

52 squared (2,704) + 52 squared (2,704) = 5,408  take the square root =
73.53 diagonal for the first two sides.
Now take 73.53 squared (5,408) + 52 squared (2,704) = 8,112  take the
square
root = 90.06 this is for the compound diagonal on both axis.

Isn't math fun 

-Saul



At 08:42 AM 5/13/98 -0500, Jim Martin wrote:
>Guy's and Gals,
>
>The shortest box you can put a 90" rod in the diagional is roughly 63.6"
>on each side. (63.6*63.6*2)^1/2=89.94". A 52 inch box would need
>require that the other side be ~73"
>
>Jim
>
>>>> Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu> 05/12/98 04:34pm >>>
>Barbara Kossy wrote:
>
>> Last year, when I flew Florence to SF, I had only one suitcase and
>check a 7
>> foot plus paddle as my second bag with no problem.
>> 
>> This year, I called the information line and they told me the rules, that
>an
>> item over 7 feet counts as two bags, no matter what the weight. I
>have a 7.5
>> foot paddle, and a 7 ft. paddle.
>> 
>> The agent on the phone also told me that if I again just show up with
>the
>> paddle, they may just let me through again, with no extra charge. 
>> 
>> Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?
>> 
>This was the subject of a Car Talk puzzler recently. Call them back and
>ask if you can send a box 52" on a side as a 2nd bag. A 7.5 foot
paddle
>just happens to fit in there diagonally.
>
>Steve
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