The aviation industry has been promoting an economical, recreational category of aircraft. Recently, this effort was compiled into the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) ruling, effective September 1, 2004.

Advanced Aero began developing new concepts and leading edge technology to optimize a design for the new Light Sport Aircraft market even before the LSA ASTM standards were adopted. A central feature of these studies, the Inverted V-Tail, and its benefits to the overall design is discussed under Advantages.