Homebuilt and Sport Helicopters of New Zealand - Some Other Unregistered Helicopters (1)

To wrap up my series on homebuilt and sport helicopters I will post a few that are in the country but for various reasons have not been registered:

The first of these has been advertised for sale on Trade Me for some time and although it carries the registration HEH it is not registered.(and ZK-HEH is currently a Bell Jet Ranger).

I understand that this helicopter is a single seat Ben Showers Sky Twister which is a re-design of the original Adams Wilson Hobbycopter  (see HERE for an unregistered example of the Hobbycopter that was built by Alf Crowe).  The Sky Twister incorporated many design improvements and a tube type tail boom.  Power was from a 64 HP Rotax 582 2 stroke engine.  Its dimensions are:  length 15 feet 9 inches (4.80 metres) and the main rotor diameter is 21 feet 6 inches (6.55 metres).

Thanks to Richard Currie for the information.