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2006 Don Lowe Masters The Don Lowe Masters is the biggest dollar event of the year! Pilots from around the globe battle it out for over $100,000 in cash! The Confederate Air Farce puts on this event at Triple Tree in South Carolina. FGTV will be onsite for all the excitement!Discuss it here!

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Old 10-05-2006, 05:40 PM   #37
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There was an awful crash today I got it on video (kinda), I got shook up in the end and couldnt keep the camera still. To Bad it happened, nobody likes to see that
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Old 10-05-2006, 05:45 PM   #38
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Who was it?
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Old 10-05-2006, 05:47 PM   #39
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eeek! Pilot error or equipment failure?
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Old 10-05-2006, 05:50 PM   #40
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pilot error , The top of the trees reached out and grabbed him on a fast level roller
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Just got off the horn with Leseberg and Jesky, scores are not posted yet, but they will be within the hour. Will have an update at that point.
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Kurt Koelling unfortunately ended up in the trees. more updates to follow, pics coming soon.
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What crashed? Was it another "tree proof" Dalton?

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pilot error , The top of the trees reached out and grabbed him on a fast level roller
thats easy to do, anything left?
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It was a 'total' loss HUGE yard sale!
Many, many pieces. And such a loud crashing sound when it went down!
She was movin!!
Would it be right to post a vid? Kinda feel bad for him.
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Quote: Originally Posted by TeamFlatout
No doubt the precision has more weight than free. Yes, but I think it is more than 10%. I could see where it was only 10% if they were only flying one freestyle round the whole time like some IMAC contests but they are flying a freestyle every single day including the last. Maybe if there was a judge from the Masters that could explain and get a correct percentage on what each weighs might help out also.
Here is a link to this years rule book.
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It clearly states on page 8 that the Known is 40% Unknown 50% Free 10%
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Hell yeah, post the vid. I heard he was taking it pretty well.

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