[1] The X2 was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category and the US light-sport aircraft rules.
[1][2][3] The X2 features a strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.
[1] The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth.
Its 9.6 m (31.5 ft) span wing is supported by struts and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar.
The SLSA's powerplant is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine.