Swiss man jumps using a parachute designed by Leonardo 達文西降落傘五百年後成功載人著陸
Monday, May 05, 2008,Page 14
This combination of four pictures shows Olivier Vietti-Teppa’s jump in Payerne, Switzerland, on April 26, 2008.
從這四張圖組可以看出奧立弗．維耶堤特帕上個月二十六日在瑞士皮亞尼跳傘的過程。
照片：法新社
PHOTO: AFP
A Swiss man has shown that a parachute designed more than 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci works.
The 36-year-old parachutist made a successful 650-meter drop late last month. The parachute he used was made based on designs from a text by Leonardo.
“A perfect jump,” Olivier Vietti-Teppa said.
Vietti-Teppa is the first person to have made it safely to the ground with the Leonardo model. He jumped from a helicopter and the parachute opened at 600m.
The parachute was made using modern fabric. It consists of four equilateral triangles, 7m on each side. The base of the pyramid is a square of mosquito net, which enables the parachute to open.
One drawback is that it’s impossible to steer the Leonardo parachute. Vietti-Teppa said that “you come down at the whim of the wind.”
To test the parachute, Vietti-Teppa used a dummy launched from a remote-controlled model helicopter.
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