The Team Mini-Max Hi-MAX is a single-seat, high wing,

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-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: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 269 & 271. BAI Communications. Downey, Julia: ''2008 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 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-29 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 58. Belvoir Publications. The Hi-MAX was originally produced by TEAM Incorporated of

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. After that company was bankrupted by a lawsuit production passed to

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

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. The company was renamed Team Mini-Max in 2012 and moved to

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Development

The Hi-MAX was developed from the mid-winged Mini-MAX family of single seat kit aircraft and it shares many similar features with the earlier design. The Hi-MAX is predominantly constructed from wood truss with plywood gussets and covered with doped

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. The windshield is

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and the side windows are removable for warm weather operations. The aircraft features a short-span wing of only and a

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engine cowling. The wing and horizontal stabilizer are both strut-braced, the tail with struts above the horizontal tail surface to the fin. The aircraft has

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, with

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as an option. The company claims that a builder can complete the aircraft in 350–400 hours from the kit. The aircraft was originally intended to meet the requirements of the US FAR 103 ''Ultralight Vehicles'' category, including that category's maximum empty weight. It was only able to achieve that low empty weight with the

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, which provided marginal performance. The standard specified engine today is the

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which results in a empty weight and places the aircraft in the US ''Experimental - Amateur-built'' category.

Variants

;1400Z :Single seat aircraft with the Zenoah G-50 engine. Optional engine was the

. First flight 1991, no longer in production. ;1700R :Single seat aircraft with the

engine. First flight 1987, remains in production, with 250 completed and flown by 2011.

Specifications (1700Z)

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Development

Variants

Specifications (1700Z)

See also

References

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