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Mike Barron
AKA: Mike
FRC #1270 (Red Dragons)
Team Role: Coach
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Re: Predictions: The Big Show -- Curie

Though I agree that there are far too many good teams to list, I thought I would share a couple of our teams facts. Team 1270 is a Hanger/Climber hybrid. We went down to Florida with the intentions of just giving a good show out of town. We seeded 7th and were picked up by the number 4 seed. We were one of the top 5 hangers at Florida and went to the finals and took it all the way. We went to Buckeye and had some bad luck, but we were drafted by the #2 seed.We have a integrated 2 speed transmission and we can put atleast 4 ringers on with defense on us and 7+ w/out. we have all our weight down low and are almost untippable giving us the ability to climb up to a 40-45 degree ramp. I think what kept us out of the "teams to watch out for" discussion was the fact that we had a tendency to get ringers flipped on to our grabber. I assure you that this has been looked at and fixed for the championships. Team 1270 has a good robot this year and is one to watch out for. I am planning on putting some of our ramp climbing highlights on here soon and our matches from Florida are on soap 108. Thanks for taking the time to read this and if you have any questions please dont hesitate to stop by our pit and ask. Good luck to all teams.
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2005 Buckeye Regional Woodie Flowers Regional Award
2005 Florida Regional Finalist Along with 1251 and 845
2006 Palmetto Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
2007 Florida Regional Judges Award and Regional Winners Along With 1251 and 86
2007 Curie Division Winner with 330 and 910
2008 Florida Regional Team Spirit Award Winners