JDT Hi-MAX

Hi-MAX
Role Kit aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer JDT Mini-MAX
Designer Wayne Ison
First flight 1987
Introduction 1987
Status Kits in production
Number built more than 277 (2007)
Developed from Mini-MAX

The JDT 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The Hi-MAX was originally produced by TEAM Incorporated of Bradyville, Tennessee. After that company was bankrupted by a lawsuit production passed to Ison Aircraft also of Bradyville, Tennessee and finally JDT Mini-MAX of Nappanee, Indiana.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Contents

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.[6]

The Hi-MAX is predominantly constructed from wood truss with plywood gussets and covered with doped aircraft fabric. The windshield is Lexan and the side windows are removable for warm weather operations. The aircraft features a short-span wing of only 25 ft (7.6 m) and a fiberglass engine cowling. The wing and horizontal stabilizer are both strut-braced, the tail with struts above the horizontal tail surface to the fin.[5][6][8]

The aircraft has conventional landing gear, with wheel pants as an option. The company claims that a builder can complete the aircraft in 350-400 hours from the kit.[5][8]

The aircraft was originally intended to meet the requirements of the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category, including that category's maximum 254 lb (115 kg) empty weight. It was only able to achieve that low empty weight with the 28 hp (21 kW) Rotax 277, which provided marginal performance. The standard specified engine today is the 40 hp (30 kW) Rotax 447 which results in a 328 lb (149 kg) empty weight and places the aircraft in the US Experimental - Amateur-built category.[5][8]

Variants

1400Z
Single seat aircraft with the 45 hp (34 kW) Zenoah G-50 engine. Optional engine was the 28 hp (21 kW) Rotax 277. First flight 1991, no longer in production.[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]
1700R
Single seat aircraft with the 40 hp (30 kW) Rotax 447 engine. First flight 1987, remains in production, with 250 completed and flown by 2011.[1][2][3][4][5][6][8][7]

Specifications (1700Z)

Data from Aerocrafter, Cliche, Kitplanes & JDT website[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 269 & 271. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. ^ a b c d e Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 58. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. ^ a b c d e Downey, Julia: 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, pages 46-47. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. ^ a b c d e Kitplanes Staff: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 70-71. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page B-29 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4
  6. ^ a b c d e f g JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "The JDT Hi-MAX Line". http://www.jdtmini-max.com/himaxline.php. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 
  7. ^ a b Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 58. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  8. ^ a b c d e f JDT Mini-MAX (2004). "1700R "Hi-MAX"". http://www.jdtmini-max.com/1700R.php. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 

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