It was an equal span, single bay biplane with interchangeable upper and lower wings joined by N-form interplane struts.

[1] Its blunted tip, triangular tailplane was mounted at mid-fuselage height and was in-flight adjustable, with rounded rectangular elevators separated by a gap for rudder movement.

The tailplane was strut-braced to a low, ground-adjustable fin with a curved leading edge that carried a blunted rectangular, balanced rudder.

long, specially made Rosco ring type shock absorber legs reached from the wheels to the upper longerons.

Piloted by Jack Foster, this competed in the 1930 National Air Races, resulting in the sale of another 24 similarly-powered, though full span, Phaetons.