Video Of The Week - 'Power Up 3.0' Gives Paper Airplanes A Much Needed Lift And Direction

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With the introduction of remote-controlled airplanes, the paper versions have pretty much become relics of the past. Now, Miami-based Taylor Toys hopes to make them current again, by giving them the much needed lift and control.

Introduced in August 2013, the $49.99 USD PowerUp 3.0 kit comprises of a capacitor that is joined to a propeller by a carbon fiber shaft. All the user has to do is clip it onto any homemade plane made from regular A4 or 8.5 X 11 size paper, download the company's smartphone app and voila - It is ready to be flown and steered in any direction for a full ten minutes. The best part is, the kit needs just a 20 second recharge to get going again.

As you may have guessed from the name this is not the first version of PowerUp. While the previous version that was introduced about a year and half ago allowed the paper planes to fly, it did not allow users any control, which is what makes this version, way cooler. As to how the company is able to accomplish this impossible sounding task through an app? They are not telling!

Resources: gizmag.com,dailymail.co.uk

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383 Comments
  • blob122
    blob122almost 12 years
    That is so cool
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  • Namealmost 12 years
    omg
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    • banditalmost 12 years
      coool i want one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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      • puppy loveralmost 12 years
        amazing
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        • dadailyblogger
          dadailybloggeralmost 12 years
          i remeber LOVING RC airplanes. last thanksgiving i was all over them! so... if my knowledge entails me corectly, the plane would need first: areodynamicy, second: it would definitly need reinforced wings, and third: it would need some sort of lamenite or something strong to cover the plane so it wouldn't break if you crashed it into a rock and a hard place.
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          • TIGER 103almost 12 years
            I gist made one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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            • bob the builderalmost 12 years
              where do u get one
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              • retardoalmost 12 years
                Sick!
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                • :)almost 12 years
                  Thats cool!
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                  • Anonymousalmost 12 years
                    AWESOME!!!!!! I want incase u didnt read previous message
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                    Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - 'Power Up 3.0' Gives Paper Airplanes A Much Needed Lift And Direction.” DOGOnews. October 7, 2013. Accessed October 16, 2025. https://www.dogonews.com/2013/10/7/video-of-the-week-power-up-3-dot-0-gives-paper-airplanes-a-much-needed-lift-and-direction.

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