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Rapid Launch powered parachute seaplane.

This year Rapid Launch U.S.A. introduced their latest system for float plane pilots wishing to fly their PPC's off water. The latest design uses a winch and a set of "trumpets" to move the parachute lines up and down a two masts.

A pilot taxi's out into the water, unpacks the chute from its bag, hooks the risers into the system, starts taxiing into the wind as he activates the system via electric switches on the steering assembly. This moves the chute up the masts and forms the airfoil. Once the chute is inflated the pilot can then lift off.

On landing he reverses the action. Bringing the plane to a stop as he activates the switches, which corrupts the wing and brings it back down the masts where he can disconnect it and replace it back in it's bag.

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