The LS1 was designed to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The LS1 has a distinctively curved fuselage.
The aircraft is made from composites. Its 29.51NaN1 span wing has an area of 124square feet and for simplicity has no flaps. Standard engines available are the 1000NaN0 Rotax 912ULS, 850NaN0 Jabiru 2200, 1200NaN0 Jabiru 3300, 1000NaN0 Continental O-200 and the 1080NaN0 Lycoming O-235 four-stroke powerplants. The cockpit is 540NaN0 in width.