the aircraft is made from steel tubing, with its double-surface raptor 17 xp wing covered in dacron sailcloth. its span wing incorporates 34 stiffening battens, is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "a" frame control bar. the basic aircraft offered a standard rotax 447 twin cylinder, two stroke, air-cooled, single ignition engine, while the raptor 912 model came equipped with the rotax 912ul four cylinder, four-stroke air- and liquid-cooled, dual ignition engine. the rotax 582 was also a factory option. the aircraft was supplied as a kit that requires 20 to 30 hours to assemble.