The machine had the appearance of a biplane spliced onto the front of a triplane with two wings added at the rear.

The center fuselage housed the cockpit and one engine in tractor configuration.

Both side booms ended with wing-mounted engines in pusher configuration.

Designed by Herbert Johns of the American Multiplane Company in Bath, New York, Patent # 1,365,995 Flying Machine was granted to Charles A. Herrmann, also of the American Multiplane Company on Oct. 3, 1916.

[1] The massive septi-wing made a series of short hops during testing, but was eventually scrapped in 1920[2] due to its inability to maintain controlled flight.