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

The app is a good baseline for getting started and flying, minor bugs, and a few minor improvements to be desired. I was surprised at how easy it is to pair to the module. Of the few features that would be nice-to-haves: - Pictorial folding tutorials in addition to external links to video tutorials. - Explanation of fine-tuning parameters - Autopilot adjustments (my aircraft tend to oscillate longitudinally because the autopilot overshoots thrust corrections).

UPDATE: Okay pushing up to 4 stars because they kind of fixed the profile pic issue. It still pushes for you to add a profile picture unnecessarily, but at least it's possible to press the button now (though it's unnecessarily difficult, I had to jab everywhere around the button to find the spot that works) App issues aside this is a very cool toy.

What’s new

v2.17.2:
• PDF instructions for community planes is now always viewable.
• Fixed wrong theme in the popup Statistics page.
• Moved lounge page to the middle of the top icon bar.
• Changed shop page icon to shopping cart.

v2.17.1:
• Added web shop section in the app.
• Statistics can now be accessed from the Lounge page only.
• Bugfix: adding a plane to hangar from the Lounge now properly refreshes your hangar.
• All new users will now get the Starflux plane by default in their hangar.