# Showers-Aero

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American aircraft design firm

Showers-Aero Type Privately held company Industry Aerospace Founder Don Showers Defunct after 2009 Headquarters Milton, Pennsylvania , United States Products Helicopters

**Showers-Aero** (also called **Ben Showers Aero**) was an American [aerospace design firm](/source/Aerospace_manufacturer) based in [Milton, Pennsylvania](/source/Milton%2C_Pennsylvania). The company specialized in the design of [helicopters](/source/Helicopter) in the form of plans for [amateur construction](/source/Homebuilt_aircraft).[1][2]

Ben Showers formed the company as part of his work redesigning the [Adams-Wilson Choppy](/source/Adams-Wilson_Choppy) helicopter, a program that resulted in the single-seat [Showers Skytwister](/source/Showers_Skytwister) or "Choppy". The Skytwister incorporated a new powerplant, the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, [two-stroke](/source/Two-stroke), [dual-ignition](/source/Dual-ignition) 64 hp (48 kW) [Rotax 582](/source/Rotax_582) powerplant with a 2.58:1 [reduction drive](/source/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.[1]

## Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Showers-Aero Model name First flight Number built Type Showers Skytwister Choppy 1992 12 (1998) Single seat helicopter

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Aerocrafter_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Aerocrafter_1-1) Purdy, Don: *AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition*, page 331. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9636409-4-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9636409-4-1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AllAero_2-0)** AllAero (2015). ["Ben Showers Aero Skytwister"](http://all-aero.com/index.php/component/content/article/35-helicopters/copters/1519-ben-showers-aero-skytwister). Retrieved April 5, 2015.

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