"PowerUp 3.0" turns paper airplanes into radio controllers that can be steered with smartphones

It makes it possible to freely manipulate paper airplanes that can easily be made with paper on hand, using smartphones "PowerUp 3.0It is a kit named. This product that can be controlled wirelessly with Bluetooth is a cloud funding site'sKickstarterWhen we launched the investment campaign, we initially cleared $ 50,000 (about 5 million yen), which was the initial requested amount, on the day of campaign beginning lightly, and at the time of writing the article left about 2 days until the deadline It is about to collect capital of about 1.1 million dollars (about 115 million yen).

PowerUp 3.0 - Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane by Shai Goitein - Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/393053146/powerup-30-smartphone-controlled-paper-airplane

You can check the scenery that "PowerUp 3.0" is actually flying in the following movie.


The appearance of installing PowerUp 3.0 on paper airplane is like this. The tip of the module, the shaft extending from it, and the propeller at the rear are the basic set of PowerUp 3.0. Even if you prepare the aircraft made of paper by yourself, you can also get packaged goods with exclusive paper together.


The tip part has a battery that can fly for 10 minutes in a row and a controller part that receives operation of smartphone, and it can control up to 55 meters away. The shaft part is made of carbon fiber.


The controller unit is mounted on a board smaller than the coin.


Since the board is guarded with a bumper etc. attached to the front end of the unit, it is designed to be unlikely to break even if it crashes and crashes into the ground.


The skipping procedure is simple. First, (1) fold the paper airplane, (2) set PowerUp 3.0. (3) Pair with smartphone and Bluetooth, (4) just skip.


The operation screen of the smartphone looks like this. Propeller output adjustment, battery level, radio strength (= distance) etc. are displayed.


When you tilt the smartphone, the direction of the aircraft changes, and when you operate the lever on the screen, the propeller output changes.


The installed battery is rechargeable using micro USB terminal.


Operation applications are compatible with iPhone 4s and later. Depending on the investment amount, you can also develop applications for Android.


"PowerUp 3.0" which allows you to freely manipulate paper airplanes like this will get $ 30 (about 3100 yen) and get a set of "Barebone" that is a set of PowerUp 3.0 main unit and one spare propeller It is possible to do. With $ 40 (approx. 4,200 yen), you can get a spare propeller 5 sheets + exclusively designed paper sheets for aircraft, and a quick charge battery pack. In addition, if you get "hacker package" that you can get at $ 99 (about 13 300 yen), you will be able to use the kit for developing your own application. Shipping outside the United States requires a shipping fee of 20 to 50 dollars (about 2100 to 5200 yen) depending on the set contents.


The deadline of investment is 23:59 on January 25 (Saturday) in Japan time.

PowerUp 3.0 - Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane by Shai Goitein - Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/393053146/powerup-30-smartphone-controlled-paper-airplane