Hi friends,
I´m looking for a good case to house and transport a big full set in B. I´ve readed a lot of posts about this topic, but I don´t come to any conclusion. I´d prefer european shops, better (I live in Spain).
Any suggestion is highly appreciated, thanks.
It depends.
On:
How much you want to break down the set
How sturdy you want the case
What sort of padding you want inside
And so on.
I just bought an old (used) double violin case and gutted it, and repadded it (felt and a glue gun ftw) and it will do nicely. I also bought some pipe insulation for use in protecting the individual parts when they are detached (thanks Pat D’Arcy for the idea). Other people use big huge shotgun cases, or viola cases, or dedicated pipe cases… Ultimately you’ll have to look around and figure out what you want.
I´d like to break down bottom parts of drones, only. My definition of good case: really sturdy and pipes perfectly fitted. Something professional. I don´t want a cheap or casual case for a customized and really expensive new instrument from top maker, as you can imagine… 
Get a flight case made to your specifications. It’ll cost about $500 but that’s only a fraction of the cost of a really expensive set of pipes.
Not trying to get too far off topic, but what makes a flight case a flight case? Is it that it is super durable and resists the rough handling of baggage handlers or is it that AND it better protect what’s inside from the purportedly harsh conditions inside the cargo hold, namely low temperature and low humidity?
On the latter point, I’ve read previous threads about fears of putting pipes in the plane’s cargo hold, but isn’t that precisely how they travel if they’re sent by regular mail/post to any destination? I’ve read and heard all kinds of varying accounts of conditions inside an airliner’s cargo hold, ranging from the nightmarish “your pipes are doomed, it’s -30’/zero humidity down there” to “hey, it’s no problem, the conditions in the cargo hold are essentially the same as those inside the cabin (maybe a little cooler and a little drier).” Does anyone really know?
I know that pets can travel down there, but some say that that’s in a separate heated compartment. I’ve traveled a bit on long distance flights and have never seen any evidence of things in my luggage reacting to the cargo hold as if it were some sort of meat locker.
So, back to Juan Pablo’s original question: if a flight case protects the instrument under such conditions, it would be ideal because every time I plan a trip with my pipes and try to take them in the cabin with me to be stowed in the overhead compartment I feel like I’m executing some sort of smuggling operation. And I’m always terrified that I’m going to get stopped at check in and that they’re going to put the pipes in the cargo hold in the less rigid container I have for the overhead bin.
(Juan Pablo: I apologize if I’ve opened up an ugly can of worms on your thread.)