Team Mini-Max, LLC is a

kit aircraft Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch", from plans, or from assembly kits.Armstrong, Kenn ...

manufacturer located in

Niles, Michigan Niles is a city in Berrien and Cass counties in the U.S. state of Michigan, near the Indiana border city of South Bend. In 2010, the population was 11,600 according to the 2010 census. It is the larger, by population, of the two principal cities ...

. The company produces the

Mini-MAX The Team Mini-MAX is a large family of single-seat, mid-wing, strut-braced, single engine aircraft, available in kit form for amateur construction. The first Mini-MAX had its first flight in 1984. Its name indicates its original design ...

and

Hi-MAX The Team Mini-Max Hi-MAX is a single-seat, high wing, strut-braced, single engine aircraft available in kit form for amateur construction. It first flew in 1987 and is a high wing development of the Mini-MAX, hence its model name.Purdy, Don ...

lines of aircraft. All the designs feature wooden construction with

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covering. The current models offered are powered by either

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Hirth Hirth Engines GmbH is an engine manufacturer based in Benningen, Germany. It is currently a part of the UMS Aero Group. Hirth began manufacturing aero engines in the 1920s, was taken over by Heinkel in WWII to develop the Heinkel-Hirth jet engi ...

two-stroke A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of t ...

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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

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(Tennessee Engineering and Manufacturing) of

Bradyville, Tennessee Bradyville is an unincorporated community in Cannon County, Tennessee, Cannon County, United States. Its ZIP code is 37026. It is situated along Tennessee State Route 64 in a hilly area of southwestern Cannon County. History Bradyville was named ...

. The company was eventually bankrupted by a lawsuit and production passed to

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also of Bradyville, Tennessee and then to JDT Mini-MAX of

Nappanee, Indiana Nappanee is a city in Elkhart and Kosciusko counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,648 as of the 2010 U.S. Census and had grown to 6,913 by the 2020 U.S. Census. The name Nappanee probably means "flour" in Algonquian. The ...

. 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

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External links

* {{JDT Mini-MAX Aircraft manufacturers of the United States