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 Photo Credit: John R. Smyth / Smyth Flight Dynamics Inc. St. Catharines, Ontario
Most powered parachutes are considered safe for the most part because an engine is not needed to land the aircraft. The wing of the aircraft is capable of gliding the entire aircraft to the landing zone in most cases. Just in case, most aircraft of this type are equipped with a rocket-powered parachute that automatically deploys upon the release of a handle.
Sometime the powered parachute is confused with the powered paraglider. Powered parachutes will always have wheels in contrast to powered paragliders that never have wheels.
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