One strength of the design was the simplicity of rigging and assembly, making it easy to transport by land or sea where necessary.

These were of ash in the stressed region from wing spars to engine, spruce at the rear and internally wire braced.

The forward fuselage, including the cockpit was aluminium clad, with a neat nose piece over the 7-cylinder, 50 hp (37 kW) Gnome rotary engine, more to protect the pilot from oil than for streamlining.

[3] The low aspect ratio wings were parallel edged and almost square tipped, with the thin airfoil section typical of the time.

They were built around two spars, each a spruce-ash-spruce sandwich, and the profile was formed with mixed spruce and ash ribs.

[2] The tailplane, attached to the top of the fuselage was triangular, without eternal bracing and carrying elevators with a V-shaped gap to allow rudder movement.

The Dyott proved to have good performance ("It goes like a rocket", he wrote) and high reliability, giving demonstration flights across the US from New York to California.