The Questar Open Aire was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 2540NaN0. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 2200NaN0.
The aircraft features a strut-braced high-wing, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear without wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The Questar Open Aire is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing and wood, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 28.661NaN1 span wing has a wing area of 124square feet and is supported by "V" struts. The acceptable power range is 30to and the standard engines used are small 300NaN0 two-stroke powerplants.
The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 220lb and a gross weight of 450lb, giving a useful load of 230lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is 212lb.
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off and landing roll with a 300NaN0 engine is 1000NaN0.
By 1998 the company reported that 50 sets of plans had been sold and that ten aircraft were completed and flying.
