[1][2] The aircraft was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg).
It features a high-wing, a single-seat, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
[1] The Lone Ranger was designed to overcome pitch stability problems found in the earlier Striplin FLAC tailless aircraft.
Because they were no longer needed the FLAC's wing tip rudders were deleted.
The design spawned a family of variants featuring one and two seats, as well as strut-braced and cantilever wings.