There have been a surprising number of homegrown single seat homebuilt aircraft of New Zealand, mostly registered in the microlight category, and here I offer another one.
Bill Barber of Dacre in Southland has built several of his Barber Snark two seaters, but he started off with the Snark HA 1 which was a single seater which looked somewhat like a Taylor Mini Imp.
Barber Snark HA 1 ZK-FOU (c/n MAANZ 409) was first registered to Bill Barber on 11/8/87. It was built of Kevlar foam sandwich construction with carbon fibre spars and full flaperons. It had a Rotax 503 engine driving a 3 bladed propellor through an 8 foot long driveshaft. Bill told me that he flew the Snark HA 1 twice, for 2 short hops, and on reflection he thinks it was a good aircraft. However, development problems caused him to go on to design and build his 2 seater Snarks.
This view shows the unusual tail configuration. ZK-FOU was withdrawn and cancelled on 26/7/95. It is currently stored on a trailer at Mandeville.
Thanks very much to Bill Barber for the photos.
Bill Barber of Dacre in Southland has built several of his Barber Snark two seaters, but he started off with the Snark HA 1 which was a single seater which looked somewhat like a Taylor Mini Imp.
Thanks very much to Bill Barber for the photos.
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