
Just a careful push into the wind is enough to get the plane into the air, following which your smartphone then takes over at controlling the gadget. While your handmade analog paper plane requires a fair bit of elbow grease to give it more thrust, the PowerUp doesn’t require all that effort. The way you use the PowerUp 4.0 is about as simple as launching your own paper plane. Sure, the PowerUp doesn’t sport a camera as most drones do, but then again, there’s an entirely different joy to launching a paper plane and watching it fly like an absolute boss… isn’t there? For well under 100 bucks, the PowerUp 4.0 beats most consumer-grade drones in affordability, while still being an incredibly fun toy. As far as its technical chops go, version 4.0 comes with gyroscopic stabilization, take-off and landing capabilities, the ability to do air stunts like loops and barrel rolls, and be entirely controlled via your smartphone. It’s lightweight, relatively inexpensive, and sports a 10-minute flight time. Once you launch your plane with your hands, the PowerUp 4.0 lets you maneuver it via your smartphone, taking the simple joy of flying planes and giving it an adrenaline boost!įor its size, the PowerUp 4.0 packs quite a punch.

The tiny contraption weighs hardly anything and gives your plane two rear propellers that let it reach speeds of 20 mph and heights of 230 feet. Instead of relying on four propellers and a highly intuitive AI capable of constant stabilization, the PowerUp 4.0 simply plugs onto your paper airplane and pushes its limits.
