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Originally Posted by Daisies
Second of all, I was talking about devices with open wires, "motherboard" and timer inside a case. To an untrained eye, it looks like a barebones (without explosive components) case bomb.
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I've flown with a similar mix of stuff (in place of a cartoon timer, I had an XBee set up). Flown as in, it was in my carry on bag. Only in addition to said wires and a 2S Lipo battery (which actually is mildly explosive) I also had a dozen very large servos (which look like these nice chunks of metal on the TSA scanners).. in short, to anyone who didn't know what things were, probably something to at least glance at.[1] Two different airports (Tampa and DTW) both let me through without so much as a second glance. [2]
Either TSA isn't doing their job and should apparently hire TX school teachers or there's more going on here. [3]
But, in the interest of not assuming malice where I can't prove it, I'll err on the side of this being a case of Zero Tolerance becoming Zero Common Sense.
[1] I had data sheets and order forms for everything in this box with the parts in case there was any investigation. And I'd arrived at the airport 2 hours early.
[2] Though they did make darn sure to make me get rid of my 3/4 empty tube of toothpaste because the container was more than 3 oz...
[3] What I'm hinting at, I'm white, and prejudices are totally a thing.