Welcome to the site. I am looking forward to your build. If you have questions don't hesitate to ask . There are lots of people that are very knowledgeable. Hope you enjoy your journey through the build and flying.
From Decatur, TX. I'm building a HiMax. The fuselage , minus the gear and cabin structure is built, and the empennage is built. Wing ribs are almost finished. Control stick is made. I have a Kawasaki 440C engine. But I really don't have any idea what engine I will use. I do plan to use a fuselage tank of my own fabrication since I want about 7 gallons of gas.
Rocky Frees North Muskegon, MI A full VW, Hi-Max builder. Considered a 1550Vmax with Hi-Max option. Plans built. If anyone else has worked on this configuration, please contact me. Kind regards
Am building a Himax with the Vmax wings and heavy tail. Have the empennage finished, all but one rib finished and am going to start assembling the wings in the spring after my busy season in the office is over. I have a 4A084-4 that I am planning to use for power. I have been watching the forum for awhile and this is by far the best forum I've ever joined. It will take me a little bit of fiddling to figure out how to post pictures correctly, but will work on it. Thanks in advance for the help this group is so good about. Greg
John Cronin in Northeast PA near Allentown (ABE). I'm teaching 12 kids how to build an airplane. I selected the Minimax 1650 EROS. We started late Marc 2019. We recently finished the vertical stabilizer and rudder.
Scott Johnson - house in Ocala, Florida and house in Tampa, Florida 813-600-0857 scottjohnsontampa@hotmail.com I have built a vans RV6A and RV8A. I want something now for fun that goes slow and low, so will be ordering a minimax (probably HiMax model) shortly. Anybody who is currently building a minimax or has one completed within about 200 miles of Tampa, I would be happy to fly out to and let you fly my RV6A in trade for showing me your project or completed plane. thanks
Jeff Higgins from Fairfield Ohio. I'm a licensed gunsmith and machinist for a living who's taking flying lessons to get my sport license. Also building a minimax 1030.
Welcome to the site. Have you chosen a engine yet?
I actually have a 275cc twin cylinder Suzuki engine from a snowmobile that I plan to use. I can't remember the number but it's pretty lightweight and I can squeeze about 30hp from it.
Ronald (Ron) Donner. Northfield MN. Just bought an Airbike project. Getting my shop organized and ready to go at it. I'd like to met some other AB builders and flyers in the area.
I started a Tandem AirBike project a while ago but I'm only starting to do serious work on it now (I can still lift all the parts I've made comfortably with one hand). I'm building in Madison, WI, USA.
Hello Buzzards; I earned my private pilot licence almost 25 years ago when my kids were small. Owned and operated a C-150 for a time. Always wanted to build an airplane and attended the EAA Arlington numerous times and even flew in twice. But career, kids, and time all held me back. Now that I'm retired, I should have the time, at least in theory....
I have always liked the Mini Max line and while I have not committed to building one yet, it is on the short list. I don't have any tailwheel time so that is a potential barrier, but I'm sure not insurmountable.
I especially like the Hi-Max but would prefer the VW engine option and would love to hear from any builders or owners that have taken that route. Or for that matter any Mini Max owners or builders on the west coast, especially the Vancouver Island area.
Thanks in advance! David Quadra Island, BC Canada On the beautiful west coast of Canada
Appreciate very much being admitted to the group. After following MiniMax planes for almost 30 years, and dreaming of building one, at long last I'm in a position to get started. I have the space and a job that allows me some at-home time. I recently purchased an 1100 kit from the family of a gentleman who had started it but who lost interest at some point and unfortunately passed away about a year ago. He had built all the wing ribs, empennage, and fuselage sides, and looks like was beginning to work on building out the aileron separation from the ribs (at least on a couple of them).
The kit appears to be mostly complete and still in the factory shipping crates other than what's already been built. I will have to do a full inventory to see what's missing, and plan to buy anything not there directly from the company by way of support, especially since I didn't buy the kit from them.
I've off-and-on read the boards for years, and so have a bit of an understanding of just how much experience is here. I apologize for any forthcoming dumb questions, as I know I'll have them. I have built RC from plans and kits, and was blessed to have a father who had a love of working in wood. I also have around 35 hours, combined between a 152 and Remos G3, but never completed my ticket. I live in Santa Fe, TX, about halfway between Houston and Galveston. If there are any other max builders or owners in the SE Texas area would love to meet you.
Hello everyone and thank you all the info and inspiration you are sharing on this terrific site. I live in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia and I've just started building my 1600R MiniMax. Korale (HiMax Build – Melbourne) has been particularly kind and helpful to get me started. I've ordered a kit from David Cooper, with the exclusion of the wood that I am substituting with Hoop Pine sourced locally. I've started cutting the bits for the tail, as I wait for the kit to arrive. My only comparative advantage is that as a surveyor and a draftsman I'm good with 3D CAD, so I'm building everything on the computer before I do it on the workshop. I find this very helpful for understanding the plans in all the details and hopefully to avoid mistakes. It also allows me to print all my templates accurately from the CAD model. The CAD model is not completed yet, but I'll try to post a screenshot. Once it is done I'll be happy to share it, as my little contribution, provided it is O.K. With David Cooper.
I am Antoinette, my friends and I fly three Hirth F-33 powered ultralights, a Woodhopper, Cloudster, and Zing; and a Rotax 277 powered FP-505 from our irregular oval-- a sand bar that is roughly 200 m (650 ft) along the mostly north side, 60 m along the mostly west side, and 150 m along the mostly south side. These sides abut water. The fourth side-- 120 m (400 ft)-- abuts rising terrain with foliage. There is a 447 powered FP-202 that I have never flown based here as well.
I do not live in the USA, but our regulations are close to FAR 14 Part 103. To obtain an "exempt" stamp the owner of a craft must demonstrate it weighs less than 120 kG (264 lb) and is incapable of attaining more than 120 kMpH (74.5 sMpH) which is done flying two ways on a measured course. Fuel capacity and stall speed do not matter.
So, since flying is the most fun you can have with your pants on, maybe even the most fun of all human existence, I have decided to build myself an airplane... I mean if you knew my good friends you would understand that most people of ordinary abilities are capable of building an airplane... I just bought 1030F plans from David, so I am leaning that way. On the other hand, quality wood is not inexpensive, and oxy A welding is a useful skill... maybe I'll learn it over the winter and build an AirBike instead. Who knows?
Antoinette
Having many hours in F-33 powered Cloudster. Zing, and Woodhopper, and some time in a 277 powered FP-505, I have decided to build an airplane.
Chris Anderson, Middle TN - 60 miles south of Nashville. Completed my Legal Eagle XL Project this summer and am in the process of learning to fly it.
Legal Eagle is configured with 1/2 VW engine - standard build.
I actually have it back in the garage right now doing an update giving it a folding tail configuration right now. I store/haul my LE in a 16ft trailer and found with the standard tail configuration assembly process was taking too long and was a tedious process.
Harold "Skip" Little is alive and well, at 88 years young. A couple of years ago George Williams of Lebanon, TN bought Skip's Mini Max, but George never flew it. I will check with George to find out if he has put it up for sale.
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