Project partners Project initiator: Dr. Wilfried Stoll, managing owner, Festo Holding GmbH Project manager: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Markus Fischer, Festo AG & Co. KG Design and implementation: Rainer Mugrauer, Günter Mugrauer, Effekt-Technik GmbH Control and regulation technology: Dipl.-Ing. Agalya Jebens, Dipl.-Ing. Kristof Jebens, JNTec GbR Scientific support: Tobias Langscheid, Dr. Oliver Conradt, Dr. Reinhold Salgo, Thomas Heck, Paul Schatz Foundation 54793 en 4/2012 Technical data • Edge length: 1.82 m A t greatest extension approx. 4.75 m from edge to edge • Helium volume: 2.130 m ³ • Mass: 2.334 kg • Framework structure: highly rigid carbon-fibre tubing • Drives: proportional servo motors • Battery: t wo-cell 8.4 V lithium polymer accumulator, capacity 450 mAh Remote radio control, 2.4 GHz, bidirectional • Onboard unit: LM3S5749 processor, ARM Cortex • Flight duration: approx. 15 minutes Paul Schatz Paul Schatz was born on 22nd December, 1898 in Constance, Germany. Already as a twelve-year-old, he replicated large aircraft prototypes on a reduced scale in balsa wood. After the First World War, Paul Schatz initially studied engineering at the Technical University of Munich and in Hanover. Following his apprenticeship as a wood sculptor he also undertook intensive study of Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophy, which gave him renewed access to the natural sciences and mathematics. Through his artistic dealings with matters of space and the zodiac, Paul Schatz discovered the invertible nature of the Platonic solids in 1929. In particular, the invertible cube that he derived from these geometrical principles and its inherent rhythmical movement constituted the basis of the entire subsequent scientific activity of Paul Schatz. The Paul Schatz Foundation and the Paul Schatz Society The Paul Schatz Foundation (based in Basel) and the Paul Schatz Society (based in Stuttgart) have assumed the task of preserving the estate of Paul Schatz and making it accessible to the public. The Archives with the scientist’s written, sculptural and technical heritage are located in Basel. The German Paul Schatz Society promotes these objectives, above all with projects in Germany. Film Festo AG & Co. KG Ruiter Strasse 82 73734 Esslingen Germany Phone +49 711 347-0 Telefax +49 711 347-21 55 cc@de.festo.com www.festo.com/group
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