I have the tall landing gear on this one and it will fit in my rolling carry on bag, no way will I check it but I suppose you could... YOu could easily take the original box, modify the foam and put it into a large checked bag... After you have multiple batteries, charger for the quad battery, wasabi charger and batteries and attachments for the gopro It will take up most of a rolling bag but fits nicely... I plan to remove the props (8 tiny allen head screws) for the trip and just pack my soft stuff around it...

Maybe after I get a little more use out of it I wont be so afraid to check it in the original box inside of a large checked bag...

In the Ariel Photo or safe modes it is so easy to fly, and these are the right modes for 99% of your video/photo needs...