The aircraft is based upon the Rutan Long-EZ. It features a cantilever mid-wing canard layout with tip rudders, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fully retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from E-glass. Its 26.21NaN1 span wing has a wing area of 94square feet and employs a Roncz R1145MS airfoil for the canard airfoil, and the main wing uses a modified Eppler 1230 airfoil. The standard engine used in the Mark 1 is the 2400NaN0 Buick V-8 automotive conversion powerplant.[3]
The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 1000lb and a gross weight of 1800lb, giving a useful load of 700lb. With full fuel of the payload for pilot, passenger and baggage is 424lb.
Like most canard designs the E-Racer has a long take-off and landing roll. The standard day, sea level take-off roll is 12000NaN0. The landing roll is 15000NaN0.
At one time pre-fabricated wings and canard were available to speed construction. The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied plans as 2000 hours.
By 1998 the company reported that four aircraft were flying and six by 1999.
In December 2013, 15 examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.[4]