The typical sailplane monowheel landing gear is fixed; a castering tailwheel and wingtip wheels assist powered taxiing.

[citation needed] The self-launching version is powered by a 30 kW (40 hp) Rotax 447 engine externally mounted on a retractable mast which drives a two-bladed wooden propeller.

It differences from the original TST-10M in having a retractable undercarriage, automatic connection of controls for wing to fuselage assembly, a new seat shape, a larger fuel tank and optimized winglets.

[citation needed] There are roughly 40 TST 10M Atlases flying, two of which are in the United States, where they have been registered with the FAA in the Experimental E-LSA category.

[citation needed] In mid-2010 15 TST-10s appeared on civil aircraft registers of European countries west of Russia.