This provided a wing area high enough to support the F.200's considerable (1,120 kg (2,470 lb)) loaded weight within an achievable span.
[1][2] Its weight required a powerful engine and the F.200 had a 130 kW (180 hp) water-cooled Hispano-Suiza 8Ab V-8, mounted over the wing leading edge.
The cabin roof line merged into a fairing which reached back to the triangular vertical tail, its fin carrying an unbalanced rudder that went down to the keel.
Each mainwheel was on a cranked axle from the corners of the fuselage, with a rubber shock absorber at the apex of a vertical V-strut from the wing spars.
Les Ailes, writing in early April 1923 states briefly that tests showed it to be very manoeuvrable and fast, with a maximum speed of 200 km/h (120 mph; 110 kn).