The Fire Cat was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 4500NaN0. The Fire Cat features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in Dacron sailcloth envelopes. Its 31.51NaN1 span wing lacks flaps and has a wing area of 172.1square feet. Each wing is supported by two parallel struts with jury struts. The standard engine used is the 500NaN0 Rotax 503 two-stroke powerplant with standard electric start.
The Fire Cat has a typical empty weight of 217kg (478lb) and a gross weight of 450kg (990lb), giving a useful load of 233kg (514lb). With full fuel of the payload for pilot, passengers and baggage is 203kg (448lb).
