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Re: Destructive Air Tank Testing
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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV
There are plenty of competitive teams that don't use a mill, lathe, or welder (I have never had a student weld anything on team I have been on in 12 years of FRC, doesn't mean I don't think other teams should do it). We needed to use light weight tanks just as much as we needed to use aluminum axles instead of steel. There are places to save weight but buying plastic air tanks is easier. Also AndyMark sales a variety of air tanks, some of them are from Clippard and others are not.
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Those are just for-instances. Don't take it too literally. Any tool used in a shop has the potential to be dangerous, and yet every team uses them because they have to use tools to make a robot. No one has to use plastic air tanks if they choose not to.
It is easy to buy a different component to save weight, so I swap out motors. An RS775+CIM-U-Lator is 1lb lighter and more powerful than a mini-cim, for example. There are lots of places to save weight. I personally could not stomach the thought of a plastic tank on my robot causing anyone harm, so I choose not to use them on any robots that my team makes.
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