Sure...

TRY to take it on the plane... as carry on... then at the gate they will flag it and at the ramp there's a door and they take it, along with strolers for babies, etc. and it goes in last and you can sometimes watch
them put it in the plane.

The main thing is to see to it that it is ON the same plane as you are.

There will be an extra over-size, over -weight Charge BTW