exploding plastic storage tanks

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Here I feel the opposite.

Considering the failure mode (sharp plastic shards flying a high velocity) I would err on the side of caution. Until we can prove that the plastic volumes are safe in a FIRST environment (High impact, low technical knowledge, large swings in temperature) I would want to ban the plastic volumes for foreseeable future starting next year.


P.S. Has a metal volume ever failed in a dangerous way in FIRST (they have a much longer history)

I'm not a plastics or pneumatics expert but I do know we don't ban all car seats when a single model is found to have manufacturing defects. Again I may be wrong and maybe the pneuaire tanks have a similar failure mode but lumping them together because they look the same seems like we are jumping to conclusions. I think we need more information.