[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by JCharlton

Here's a suggestion, require teams to install shields (e.g. Lexan) around tanks, and for teams tight on weight don't include the shield weight in the weight of the robot. Sleeves might work, but small pieces could still escape - at high velocity.

This is a very dangerous failure and should be addressed by teams and by FIRST as soon as possible.

Why would you do that when a metallic tank leaves nothing to chance?

How are teams going to provide engineering-based proof that their blast containment scheme works?

This is still a band-aid fix to mitigate an inherently dangerous failure. The real solution is to use tank material that does not exhibit brittle failure in the first place.