Hi, just waiting a reply from a heli company but in the meantime anyone have a link on the limit of gas for your cookers when flying in?
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Hi, just waiting a reply from a heli company but in the meantime anyone have a link on the limit of gas for your cookers when flying in?
As many as you can fit inside your pack where they can't be seen anyhow
Cant really help wee man but when 4 of us flew into the Whataroa for a week last year we weren't even asked.
Will be intersested to see what your allowed, from memory I think we took 2 jet boil sized cannisters each
But the actual regs are 1kg total or 4x 250g cylinders
I’m sorry Ryan_Songhurst as you come across as a pretty upstanding sort of guy, but as someone who makes their living as a pilot I am appalled that you would suggest that people hide undeclared dangerous goods in their luggage.
Here’s what Haast Heli emailed last year
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) limit the dangerous goods we can carry. Please take note of and apply the following limits to your gear list:
• NO LPG bottles with passengers. No exceptions.
• Ammunition: Max 5kg per person per load.
• Butane gas cannisters: Max 1 kg per package (not bigger than 500 g each cannister).
• White Spirits: Max 20 litres per load in approved containers (e.g. petrol/diesel jerries’).
• Petrol: Max 5 litres per load in approved containers (e.g. petrol/diesel jerries’).
Dont think he is mate i read that as a statement of what 99% of most people will do anyhow, since having 5kg of ammo is safer maybe make a stove that runs on black powder :redbullsmiley:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sauer
How do doc resupply gas at the huts on the great walks?
No passengers on board and in pods, same with using load slings.
No gas inside helicopter i was told
Interesting results alright - hopefully will be able to publish a source when i get a reply tomorrow? I looked into the CAA dangerous goods list - was like walking through a mine field - one reference to another etc. Though Outdoorlad seems to got some good info - 20 litres of white spirits - wow.
Burning dannyb's boots would probably last me a week with enough fuel...size 16??
I agree. My eyebrows reckon white spirits are at least as flammable as petrol.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
He tried that and it didn't work too well last time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunteast
No it doesn’t but that’s CAA for you! You’d be hard pressed to use half a litre WS on a week long trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
Packing Group II vs III?Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
Reference from one heli operator when carrying passengers. When carried as cargo only, the quantity is upped.
CAA seem to have the info spread out from one reference to another so must have been fun collating all this in one place to make sense of it all?
Note there is no differentiate made between white spirits and petrol - which seems to make sense after earlier discussion on the matter? Same thing for the purpose of carrying?
The answers below suit me.
Dangerous Good Item Max Allowed Per Package.
(Per Package)
Gasoline (Petrol) / AVGAS 5 Litres
Jet A1 60 Litres
Refillable or disposable LPG Gas Cylinder Forbidden
Propane Forbidden
Butane Forbidden
Kerosene 60 Litres
Diesel 60 Litres
Gas Cartridges 1 KG
Divers Air Bottles 75kg
Oxygen (Compressed) 75kg
Batteries (Lithium) 5 kg
Batteries (Lead Acid) 30 KG No Limit
Firearms (Bolts and Magazines Out, Bullets Stored Separately)
Ammunition 5kg’s per person
5kg of ammo per person should cover most hunts…..