The design features a strut-braced shoulder-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The cockpit is 39 in (99 cm) wide and has a baggage compartment with a limit of 70 lb (32 kg), located behind the seats.

[1][2][4] The Cygnet won a design award at the EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In in 1973.

[5][6][7] In a 2020 review, AVweb writer Paul Dye concluded, "Flying a piece of history (and with a forward swept wing, something fairly unique!)

But if you take the time to get it figured out, the Cygnet is a nice little airplane with a Midwest tradition.