Flying red mystery ranch guide light MT frame

[ftothfadd]

Good morning, does anyone have experience with flying with a mystery ranch backpack with the guide light mountain frame? I plan to take my sawtooth as a carry on a bag and I’m unsure how one can fold the belt on it to fit into an overhead bin? Specifically, what do you do with the rigid wing like portions of the belt?

 

[justinspicher]

I flown to Alaska and back with my Marshall and checked my pack. The guidelight frame is to big as a carry on.

When checking it, I tightened down every strap and wrapped the waistbelt around the pack, backwards and clipped it. Then I put a black trash bag over it and taped it with duct tape both vertically and horizontally. I put a 5x7 note card on it with my name and phone number and tape the shit out it with packaging tape.

Worked for my trips, hope it helps.

 

[ftothfadd]

Thank you. I saw multiple people carrying it on. Again, I might burn myself. My biggest issue are the rigid panels on the side of the newer guide light MT frame. Can those be folded one way or another?

 

[nettereo16]

I’ve carried my Guide Lite MT. It’s not great but doable on certain planes and certain gate agents. Others will make me gate check but I’m not as worried about that (put $ optics in your personal carry on).

The trick is to take the belt flaps and connect them on the backside of the pack. This makes it more “tubular”.

 

[ftothfadd]

I’ve carried my Guide Lite MT. It’s not great but doable on certain planes and certain gate agents. Others will make me gate check but I’m not as worried about that (put $ optics in your personal carry on).

The trick is to take the belt flaps and connect them on the backside of the pack. This makes it more “tubular”.

Thank you. My only question is how do you fold the belt flaps back with the rigid connecting part to the frame (sorry for being such an imbecile)
Ferenc

 

[nettereo16]

Thank you. My only question is how do you fold the belt flaps back with the rigid connecting part to the frame (sorry for being such an imbecile)
Ferenc

My flaps bend, then cinch it down. I have the Guide Lite MT frame. It works on some
planes but definitely not the smaller ones or when you’re in group 8 or if you have a gate agent who woke up and chose violence. Gate check it like this, not an issue.

 

[Muledeerfanatic]

I have done it several times with a Sawtooth
No problem at all
just buckle and sinch tight and cram it in there

 

[ftothfadd]

Thank you both. I guess I just have to stop being a sissy and bend the hip belt, I was afraid that it would destroy the rigid part where it connect to the frame. (the part circled in at attached image)