POWERUP 4.0

Shai Goitein

About this app

POWERUP 4.0 is the smartest, most intuitive paper plane kit we’ve ever made. It makes it possible to fly with ease and smoothness in a variety of conditions.

Say goodbye to nosedives and choppy flights. We’ve added a new on-board flight computer and 2 new sensors: gyro and accelerometer, combined with 2 thrust vectoring motors. That means flying POWERUP 4.0 is smoother than ever, and can now do all this:

That’s right. POWERUP 4.0 can auto-loop. So you can master tricks and awesome aerobatics by simply pressing a button.

We’ve added 2 high speed motors to POWERUP 4.0. That means you’ve got double the thrust, additional maneuvering possibilities, and sharper turns.

And together with the flight assist, you can fly just about anything

Now you can learn to fly like a pro. We’re showing you real-time analytics including heading direction, thrust level and turning angles.

We’ve made it a lot easier and way cooler to fly POWERUP 4.0 at night. Optional LED lights will enable you to light up the night - making for awesome visuals and round-the-clock fun.

2 rear wheels and 1 front wheel give your paper plane more style and make for easier takeoff and landing. They also make it possible to launch off of a surface rather than hand-launching.

We partnered with the best RC hobby vloggers on the planet – FliteTest! They have put together their incredibly creative minds to develop a foam jet inspired by the F22 for the 4.0. It is made from a special laser cut foam board they created and make in the USA.

Intuitive control makes it easy to fly. Simply tilt your phone in the direction you want your plane to fly. It’s really that easy.

POWERUP is an incredibly helpful tool when it comes to teaching and learning aeronautics. Students can test multiple designs, analyze their work and improve their planes. Through trial and error, they can understand what makes their plane fly smoother, longer and farther- key lessons in airplane design.

Ratings and reviews

App won't even open. Says there is a bug and it won't work until developer fixes the bug. Huge disappointment for my son who was thrilled when he opened the gift. Update: I have spent a lot of time back and forth with them, sent them a "bug report" as they requested, and it still doesn't work, even after the update on November 6th which was supposedly to fix the problem. Ugh

no backwards compatibility with powerup 3.0 - why would a company not support their existing customer base? why would you think someone would buy a new version if you'll just end up discontinuing their ability to use your products? less than a laughable strategy; do better or go out of business

I updated this app and now it won't connect to my flier. Pretty disappointed. Is there a way to uninstall the update?

What’s new

In this release we have improved the internals for better performance. As a result, most online functions work faster. In particular the end-of-flight upload process is now significantly faster.