Destructive Air Tank Testing

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

These tests and all of the failures I know of are on a single brand and model of tank that is known by the manufacturer to have this problem. To my knowledge no one has tested the 2014 Clipboard tanks or any other manufacturer's tanks for these types of failures. We shouldn't talk in generalities so quickly, we still have very little information on this subject.

IIRC, people were having trouble with explosions last year, as well. Admittedly, those were due to threading the connectors in too far, which is no longer a problem with the built-in connectors

Fact is, though, this is a high-school competition and it's much easier for a high school student to inadvertently damage a plastic tank in a way that will cause a dangerous failure than a metal tank. I wouldn't be so concerned if these were only being used by adult engineers, but they're not. I certainly would rather be safe than save a pound or so of weight.