The aircraft features a biplane layout, a single-seat, open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The Sportster 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 2520NaN0. It was intended to resemble biplane of the 1930s and mounts its upper wing not on cabane struts, but on a central pylon that has a tunnel to allow the pilot forward vision.[1]
The aircraft is made with mixed construction, from aluminum, steel, wood and foam. Its 17.51NaN1 span wings have a total wing area of 82square feet. The cockpit width is 20inches.[1]
The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 252lb and a gross weight of 460lb, giving a useful load of 208lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is 178lb.[1]
The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 400 hours.[1]
The company later turned its attention to produce unmanned aerial vehicles for the US Navy and no longer produces manned aircraft.[2]
By 1998 the company reported that two Sportsters had been completed and were flying. Customer kits were forecast to start shipping in March 1998.[1]