{{Short description|American aircraft design firm}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Showers-Aero | logo = | caption = | type = [[Privately held company]] | traded_as = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = circa 1992 | founder = Don Showers | defunct = after 2009 | hq_location = | hq_location_city = [[Milton, Pennsylvania]] | hq_location_country = [[United States]] | area_served = | key_people = | industry = [[Aerospace]] | products = [[Helicopter]]s | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | intl = }}
'''Showers-Aero''' (also called '''Ben Showers Aero''') was an American [[Aerospace manufacturer|aerospace design firm]] based in [[Milton, Pennsylvania]]. The company specialized in the design of [[helicopter]]s in the form of plans for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]].<ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 331. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref><ref name="AllAero">{{cite web|url = http://all-aero.com/index.php/component/content/article/35-helicopters/copters/1519-ben-showers-aero-skytwister|title = Ben Showers Aero Skytwister|accessdate = 5 April 2015|author = AllAero|year = 2015}}</ref>
Ben Showers formed the company as part of his work redesigning the [[Adams-Wilson Choppy]] helicopter, a program that resulted in the single-seat [[Showers Skytwister]] or "Choppy". The Skytwister incorporated a new powerplant, the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, [[two-stroke]], [[dual-ignition]] {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 582]] powerplant with a 2.58:1 [[reduction drive]] gearbox, to replace the original A/W Choppy's motorcycle engine. The Skytwister also used a new design tail boom, cockpit and windshield. By 1998 it was reported that 200 sets of plans had been sold and 12 aircraft were flying.<ref name="Aerocrafter"/>
== Aircraft ==
{| class="wikitable" align=center style="font-size:90%;" |- |+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| Summary of aircraft built by Showers-Aero |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type
|- |align=left| '''[[Showers Skytwister Choppy]]''' |align=center| 1992 |align=center| 12 (1998) |align=left| Single seat helicopter |-
|}
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[[Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States]] [[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]] [[Category:Helicopters]]