Team Mini-Max, LLC is a kit aircraft manufacturer located in Niles, Michigan. 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 lines of aircraft. All the designs feature wooden construction with aircraft fabric covering. The current models offered are powered by either Rotax or

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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 TEAM Incorporated (Tennessee Engineering and Manufacturing) of

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. 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

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. 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

References

External links

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