[1] The resulting design, the Arrow Active was a single-seat biplane of conventional configuration, with single-bay, staggered wings of unequal span and chord, bordering on being a sesquiplane.

The second aircraft built featured a more powerful 120 hp (90 kW) de Havilland Gipsy III and was designated Active 2.

Although it was originally hoped[2] that the military might show an interest in the aircraft, this did not transpire, and the Active was flown as a sports plane.

The Active 1 G-ABIX received its Certificate of Airworthiness on 21 May 1931[3] and flew at 132.2 mph (212 km/h) in the 1932 King's Cup Race.

Slightly faster than the Arrow 1, it recorded a speed of 137 mph (220 km/h) Rebuilt in 1958, and again in 1989, the Active 2 is still on the British civil register and is based at Coventry, England.