[4] The Batwing was designed with an unusually broad chord, thick section of cantilevered wing with the horizontal stabilizers set very close to the rear of the aircraft.

To maintain the thin airfoil sections commonly used at the time, the chord also had to be longer, as the wing became thicker.

[9] The mockup of his first thick-winged aircraft design was built at the Widman woodworking plant in Detroit, Michigan.

Although the flight was successful, the test pilot Jimmie Johnson commented that the aircraft was too dangerous to fly because of the poor visibility.

Soon afterward, Stout submitted British patent #149,708: a Batwing aircraft with the corners squared off rather than the oval design of the prototype.

Stout went on to focus on more conventional aircraft featuring the advancement of all-metal construction but maintained that the airplane of the future would look like the Batwing.

The all-metal "Batwing 11" was publicized as being capable of 200 mph with a forty-foot wingspan and magnesium construction.