The Sycamore features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in-tandem open or optionally enclosed cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition turbocharged 1150NaN0 Rotax 914F engine in pusher configuration. The 1600NaN0 Subaru EJ22 is optional.[1] [2]
The aircraft fuselage is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing and mounts a 9.11NaN1 diameter Advanced Kinetics rotor. The tailplane features five vertical tail surfaces for improved directional stability. The enclosed Sycamore Mk 1 version has an empty weight of 380kg (840lb) and a gross weight of 590kg (1,300lb), giving a useful load of 210kg (460lb).[1] [2]
By December 2012 one example had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration in the Experimental - Amateur-built category.[3]