It features a cantilever low-wing, a four-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single electric motor in tractor configuration.
[1][2][3] The aircraft is made from composite material, predominantly carbon fiber reinforced polymer.
[1][2][3] The launch customer for the design is the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology which also has the eFlyer 2 on order for the flight training role.
[1][2] With a payload of 850 lb (390 kg), a cabin width of 46 in (120 cm) and direct operating costs of $19.8 per hour, the 165 kn (306 km/h) all-electric four-seater is pitched for air taxi service around Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and Miami.
Bye received 220 orders for the two models by October 2018 and at that time forecast that a prototype should fly in mid-2019.