 It was a wooden conventional biplane with wide track tailwheel landing gear, powered by a nose-mounted 185 hp (138 kW) Alfa-Romeo 115 engine.Two prototypes with 120 hp (74 kW) Alfa-Romeo 110 engines were also built, designated the SAIMAN 205.Two aircraft were sold to the Italian airline Ala Littoria which were followed by three production batches for the Regia Aeronautica.