Destructive Air Tank Testing

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

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.

And that is perfectly fine but the important part is you shouldn't necessarily assume that every team feels the way that you do, I have never used a plastic clippard tank on a robot and probably won't, I however have and will continue to use the Pneaire tanks until I see evidence that the risk is too great. Andy Baker once said something about Ice Cream and it still being good even if it wasn't your favorite flavor and that it might be someone elses favorite flavor.