[1][2] The Cadet was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg).
It features a strut-braced high-wing, single-seat, open cockpit, single tractor engine configuration, and is equipped with tricycle landing gear.
[1][2] The aircraft is made from bolted together aluminum alloy tubing, with the wings and tail covered in Dacron sailcloth.
The aircraft keel is an aluminum tube that runs from the tail, mounts the wings and the engine at its forward end.
[1][2] Reviewer Andre Cliche describes the Cadet as "a clean and simple design that is inexpensive to maintain.