Team Mini-Max

Team Mini-Max
Company typePrivate limited liability company
IndustryAerospace
Headquarters
Niles, Michigan
,
United States
ProductsKit aircraft
Websitewww.teammini-max.com

Team Mini-Max, LLC is a kit aircraft manufacturer located in Niles, Michigan. The company produces the Mini-MAX and Hi-MAX lines of aircraft. All the designs feature wooden construction with aircraft fabric covering. The current models offered are powered by either Rotax or Hirth two-stroke or Volkswagen four-stroke engines.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

History

The Mini-MAX family was originally produced by TEAM Incorporated (Tennessee Engineering and Manufacturing) of Bradyville, Tennessee. The company was eventually bankrupted by a lawsuit and production passed to Ison Aircraft also of Bradyville, Tennessee and then to JDT Mini-MAX of Nappanee, Indiana. The Mini-MAX name stands for MINImum cost, MAXimum fun.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The company was renamed Team Mini-Max in 2012 and moved to Niles, Michigan.[8]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by JDT Mini-MAX
Model name First flight Number built Type
1030F MAX 103 1984 Single seat, open cockpit, mid-wing aircraft[9]
1100F Mini-MAX Single seat, open cockpit, mid-wing aircraft[10]
1100R Mini-MAX 1984 Single seat, open cockpit, mid-wing aircraft[1][2][3][4][11]
1500R Sport 1987 Single seat, open cockpit, mid-wing aircraft[1][2][3][4][12]
1600R Sport 1989 Single seat, enclosed cockpit, mid-wing aircraft[1][2][3][4][13]
1550V V-MAX 1993 Single seat, open cockpit, mid-wing aircraft[1][2][3][4][14]
1650R EROS Single seat, enclosed cockpit, mid-wing aircraft[1][2][3][4][15]
1700R Hi-MAX 1987 Single seat high wing ultralight[1][2][3][4][5][7]
AeroMax 2012 1 Single seat high wing light-sport aircraft

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 268-271. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 57-58. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Downey, Julia: 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, pages 46-47. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Kitplanes Staff: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 70-71. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012
  5. ^ a b c Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page B-40 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4
  6. ^ a b JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "The JDT Mini-MAX Line". Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  7. ^ a b JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "The JDT Hi-MAX Line". Archived from the original on October 24, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  8. ^ Team Mini-Max (2012). "About Team Mini-Max". Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  9. ^ JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "1030F "MAX 103"". Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  10. ^ JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "1100F "Ultralight Mini-MAX"". Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  11. ^ JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "The Original "Mini-MAX" 1100R". Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  12. ^ JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "1500R "Sport"". Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  13. ^ JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "1600R "Sport"". Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  14. ^ JDT Mini-MAX (2004). ""V-MAX" 1550V". Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  15. ^ JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "1650R "EROS"". Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
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