Ben CoxworthFebruary 12, 2013PowerUp 3.0 lets you control a paper airplane with your smartphone

PowerUp 3.0 is a kit that allows users to remotely control a powered paper airplane, using their smartphone (PowerUp 2.0 pictured)

About a year and a half ago, we took a look at something called the PowerUp. It’s a capacitor joined to a propeller by a carbon fiber shaft, that can be used to power a user-supplied paper airplane. At the time, we suggested that it would be good if the user could actually steer the PowerUp-powered plane by remote control. With the soon-to-be-released PowerUp 3.0, it turns out, that’s just what they’ll be able to do.

As with Tailor Toys’ original PowerUp, the 3.0 is attached laterally to any folded paper airplane, made from regular A4 or 8.5 x 11-inch copier paper. However, whereas planes equipped with the original simply flew in a straight line, planes sporting the latest version can be controlled via the company’s flight control app – a Bluetooth 4.0-equipped smartphone is required.

Not many details (including images) are available regarding PowerUp 3.0, but if it’s like the first version, it requires a 20-second charge from an included three-AA-battery-powered charger. That gave the original a flight time of 90 seconds – the company claims flight times of up to 10 minutes for the 3.0, although that may be allowing for the option of gliding between boosts from the propeller.

We asked the company how the device is actually able to control the airplane’s path of flight (does it have its own little ailerons?), but have yet to hear back. In any case, it’s scheduled for release this August, at a price of US$49.99. It can be seen in action in the video below.

Source: Tailor Toys via Technabob

PowerUp 3.0用你的智能手机控制一架纸飞机

本coxworthfebruary 12，2013powerup 3让你控制你的smartphone

PowerUp 3的纸飞机是一个工具，允许用户远程控制电动纸飞机，使用他们的智能手机（上2图）

大约一年半以前，我们在一些所谓的道具看一看。这是一个由碳纤维轴连接到一个螺旋桨的电容器，可用于电力用户提供的纸飞机。当时，我们认为这将是很好的如果用户可以把电动力飞机的远程控制。随着即将发布的能力3，原来，这就是他们所能做的。

与裁缝玩具的原动力驱动，3是横向连接任何折叠的纸飞机，从常规的A4或8.5 x 11英寸的复印纸。然而，而搭载原装飞机只飞直线，平面运动的最新版本可以通过公司的飞行控制软件–蓝牙4.0-equipped智能手机所控制。

不多的细节（包括图像）是关于电的3，但如果是像第一个版本，它需要从一个包含三节AA电池充电器20秒充。这给原来的一个90秒的飞行时间–公司索赔3到10分钟的飞行时间，尽管这可能使滑动之间增加螺旋桨的选择。

我们问公司设备如何能够控制飞机的路径飞行（它有它自己的小副翼？），但还没有听到后面。在任何情况下，它的计划发布这8，在一个价格为49.99美元。可以看到在行动在视频下面。

来源：裁缝玩具通过technabob