The Nymph, with its 11.9 m (39 ft 1 in) span laminar flow wing was designed by Edmund Schneider, who had emigrated from Germany in 1950 and built them in his Australian factory.
Its one piece high wing was built around a single spar, well set back from the leading edge and with closely spaced (210 mm (8.3 in)) ribs to preserve the laminar flow profile of the ply covered forward part.
This covering included the plain, upper surface hinged ailerons and a torsion resisting D-box around the leading edge from the spar.
The cockpit was ahead of the leading edge, with a single piece, blown perspex side opening canopy and an upper line that merged into the wing.
Despite these demonstrations of its capability, the Nymph proved less popular than its near contemporary, the even shorter span, less aerodynamically advanced Schneider ES-57 Kingfisher and only four were built.