[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by Oblarg

I'm absolutely certain that plastic tanks can be used in a manner which is entirely safe. But this is a high-school competition, not a professional engineering work environment, and I have serious reservations about hardware with such a dangerous failure mode in this context.

This is exactly the concern. We have a product that has a very dangerous failure mode, being used in an environment where a-typical damage (major structural damage, G28 infractions, etc) is probably at an all-time high in FRC history, by people not necessarily aware of how to properly implement said product. More to the point, there are plenty of people near these tanks who are largely unprotected in the event of a failure.

After the testing we did, Andy A and myself feel very strongly about being proactive in reducing or eliminating this safety risk.