The Aurora 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 under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft's 8.61NaN1 span wing has a rectangular planform and employs flaps. The standard engine available is the Austrian-made 1000NaN0 Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant.[1] [2]
The Civil Aviation Administration of China granted the design a type design approval in mid-2013.[2]
Bayerl et al. note that the Aurora closely resembles the Fly Synthesis Texan, but that the manufacturer claims the Aurora is an original design.
The aircraft can be equipped for banner-towing, aerial photography and has an airshow smoke generation system available.[2]
In July 2014 the company announced an improved version, the SA 60V, with an upgraded engines installation using Austrian, rather than Chinese components and an IFR capable instrument panel.[3]
The design was added to the Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved special light-sport aircraft on 20 August 2019.[4] [5]
Reviewer Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review as "stylish" and "elegant".[2]