These suits allowed them to survive in space after ejection. These helmets, along with their flight suits, were fully sealed due to the lack of a life support system. The clone troopers who flew the fighter had specially adapted helmets. Additionally, V-wing fighters were also capable of using Syluire-45 hyperspace transport rings to go long distances like the Eta-2 and both Delta-7 models. The V-wing starfighter was too small to feature an integrated hyperdrive, and like their jedi-owned counterparts, it required transportation into combat zones by carriers such as the Venator-class Star Destroyers. In addition, some later incarnations utilized a similar engine to the later TIE Series, resulting in it having a similar engine roar to its successors. However, later incarnations of the V-wing used by the Galactic Empire omitted the astromech, with the pilot as the only occupant. V-wing pilots were often assisted by spherical Q7-series astromech droids which provided in-flight navigation and maintenance skills that would otherwise require a copilot-which the compact V-wing could not accommodate. In keeping with the design of the Delta-7, the Alpha-3 featured an astromech droid socket aft of the oval cockpit. These flaps also provided some protection for the V-wing's clone pilot. ДЄft of the starfighter's main hull were two deflector shield heat sinks, located above the two vertically stacked ion drive thrusters. Some models were equipped with Flak guns and Proton bombs. A single forward concussion missile launcher could be fitted to the prow. Nestled between each wing and the hull were two twin laser cannons, which could swivel on the vessel's wing hubs to provide a wide range of fire. On each wing was a radiator panel which helped aid in heat disposal during combat. But when landing, the wings fold downward to form as landing gear. The V-Wing featured folding wings similar to those fitted on the later Eta-2 interceptors.

It was manufactured by Kuat Systems Engineering, the same company responsible for both the Delta-7 fighter and its successor, the Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor.Д«oth the Delta-7 and the Alpha-3 models were designed by the engineer Walex Blissex, who would later co-design the Rebel Alliance's A-wing fighter with Jan Dodonna. The Alpha-3 Nimbus-class starfighter was a sturdy, wedge-shaped starfighter similar to the Delta-7 Aethersprite-class interceptors used by the Jedi Order. Republic V-wing starfighters over Coruscant.

Alpha 3 nimbus class v wing