The aircraft is described as a "RipSilver", an unlicensed clone of the Eipper Quicksilver, which it closely resembles.
In 1980 the company introduced its first ultralight aircraft design, the Birdman Atlas, which was based on the Eipper Quicksilver.
The Snoop is characterized as a "Ripsilver" or unauthorized Eipper Quicksilver derivative.
The kits proved popular and Mather expanded to market complete aircraft based on the basic Quicksilver layout.
Like many ultralights of the early 1980s, it was derived from the Eipper Quicksilver and generally resembles that aircraft.