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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384 Comments
  • Anonymousabout 12 years
    AWESOME!!!!!! I want incase u didnt read previous message
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    • Anonymousabout 12 years
      I WANT 1!!!!! xD
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      • ??????????about 12 years
        I have one
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        • alienabout 12 years
          I have the stuff I can do it................. but I need to know how
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          • Too- Coolabout 12 years
            Why won't the people that made it tell us how they did it!!!!!!!!!!
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            • lcorson
              lcorsonover 12 years
              how do you control it with a smart phone
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              • gossip
                gossipover 12 years
                its cool and a little unpleasing to me
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                • sweeterover 12 years
                  sweet
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                  • gossip
                    gossipover 12 years
                    its really not hat pleasing to me and sorta you know not so sweet like you said
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                  • 12over 12 years
                    I what to do that!
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                    • Soniaover 12 years
                      That is so cool!!!!!!!
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                      Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - 'Power Up 3.0' Gives Paper Airplanes A Much Needed Lift And Direction.” DOGObooks, DOGO Media, Inc., 07 Oct, 2013, www.dogonews.com/2013/10/7/video-of-the-week-power-up-3-dot-0-gives-paper-airplanes-a-much-needed-lift-and-direction. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.

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                      Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - 'Power Up 3.0' Gives Paper Airplanes A Much Needed Lift And Direction.” DOGObooks. October 7, 2013. Accessed February 10, 2026. 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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