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.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 268-271. BAI Communications. Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 57-58. Primedia Publications. Downey, Julia: 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, pages 46-47. Primedia Publications. Kitplanes Staff: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 70-71. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page B-40 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001.
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.
The company was renamed Team Mini-Max in 2012 and moved to Niles, Michigan.
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 1100F Mini-MAX Single seat, open cockpit, mid-wing aircraft 1100R Mini-MAX 1984 Single seat, open cockpit, mid-wing aircraft 1500R Sport 1987 Single seat, open cockpit, mid-wing aircraft 1600R Sport 1989 Single seat, enclosed cockpit, mid-wing aircraft 1550V V-MAX 1993 Single seat, open cockpit, mid-wing aircraft 1650R EROS Single seat, enclosed cockpit, mid-wing aircraft 1700R Hi-MAX 1987 Single seat high wing ultralight AeroMax 2012 1 Single seat high wing light-sport aircraft
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