Reddit reviews Scotch Extreme Shipping Strapping Tape, Designed for Your Toughest Jobs, 1.9 Inches x 21 Yards (8959-RD)
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Reinforced across length and width with continuous fiberglass filamentsSuper strong, durable hot melt adhesive—seals and protectsIdeal for heavy tasks and bundlingResists moisture5.1 mil thick—delivers extreme tensile strength for the heaviest, toughest jobs
Bix 1 doesn't have the option for flaps so I've never used them. However I can say they're generally used to reduce speed quickly when landing so they'd probably be helpful when carrying a really heavy payload. So if you wanna put on like some ridiculous 1 pound fpv transmitter that can transmit from a mile away then yeah maybe you could look into it, but for normal flying and regular fpv use, you'll be fine without them.
Also protip: get some extreme packing tape (This stuff) and put it where the control surfaces meet the wings/rudder/tail. If you don't the foam where they attach has a very high risk of breaking off, which is very bad.
The drive manufacturers ship drives in antistatic bags with flexible plastic inserts on either end of the drive. See here. First picture under "custom solutions"
https://www.reflexpackaging.com/reflex-cushions
They use a simple, small, form-fitting box that doesn't allow the drive to move horizontally, but can flex up and down with those plastic inserts.
Surely the manufacturers have done their due diligence, it doesn't help them if the customer receives broken gear.
Personally, after inserting in an antistatic bag, I'd wrap the drive in some bubblewrap ---- enough that would prevent the wrapped drive from moving within the box. I'd use a solid box, and make sure that the seams of the box are sealed with packing tape. Use the stuff with reinforced fibers along the length (and width) --- it's much better than duct tape. In case it sits unattended in the rain, if you're careful with the box, you probably won't get any water intrusion.
https://www.amazon.com/Scotch-Extreme-8959-RD-Inches-Yards/dp/B001AFKV0S
I'd also recommend that you ship the drive encrypted. There's too many places for that drive to be intercepted.
FWIW, I just use online backup.
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I used a combination of Home Depot Heavy Duty Medium Boxes and Heavy Duty Extra Large Boxes.
We packed them well, mostly sideways trying not to crush boxes, with some full MTG card boxes filling in gaps. Moved them using a moving company from Eastern to Mountain time zones with zero damage. They had to unpack everything repack it all twice outside of our supervision. We ended up with a few other broken/damaged items, but all the games were fine.
The double layered boxes were definitely key for that, as multiple moving boxes ended up damaged, but nothing seemed to puncture both layers.
Also, look into some packing tape with threaded reinforcement, something similar to Scotch Extreme. The best packing in the world won't save your games if the bottom tape fails.