The WS202 Sprint featured a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1]
The aircraft was made from sheet aluminum. Its 271NaN1 span wing, mounted flaps and had a wing area of 130square feet. The cabin width was 45inches. The design power range was 65to and the engine used in the prototype was a 650NaN0 Subaru EA81 automotive conversion powerplant.[1]
The aircraft was designed to be constructed from plans and emphasized economy. The designer claimed it could be constructed for US$5000 in 1996, including a second hand Subaru engine. It was designed to be easy to convert between tricycle and conventional landing gear.[1]
The aircraft had a typical empty weight of 670lb and a gross weight of 1150lb, giving a useful load of 480lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage was 396lb.[1]
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off and landing roll with a 650NaN0 engine was 5000NaN0.[1]
The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied plans as 1500 hours.[1]
The prototype was displayed at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1996.[3]
By 1998 the designer reported that one aircraft had been completed and was flying.[1]
In April 2015 one example had been registered with Transport Canada to the designer, William J. Spring, although its registration was cancelled on 13 February 2013.[2] It is unlikely that the aircraft exists any more.