I'm pretty sure they won't let you use an electric bike in the Tour de France, so why should we tolerate paper airplanes with tiny electric motors? Because it sounds pretty awesome, that's why.
When we see something like the Schienenzeppelin, we wonder if there is anything the German's can't dream up and create. This "rail zeppelin" from 1930 could have profoundly changed transportation if it weren't for that huge unprotected propeller on its rear.