Bike Travel Bag

am7
am7 Posts: 59
edited February 2015 in MTB buying advice
Does a hard case bag exist that can fit a bike by only removing the wheels and chucking it in or is this impossible due to bag size restrictions by the airlines?
All the bikes in bags on google images have their pedals removed as a minimum, with others having the handlebars removed and others are strapped in or padded.
If such a bag does not exist what would be the closest one available. It needs to be a hard case shell.