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USA Part 103 Buyer’s GuideTeam Mini-Max
Sixty-five hundred dollars gets you a kit. The MAX-103 is wood and fabric, mid-wing, 250 lb empty, and it is one of the lowest-cost real kits in American Part 103. The engine is not in that number, and you can buy the airframe in sections instead of all at once.
250LB EMPTY, 500 LB GROSS
Four pounds under the limit. That is the tightest published margin in this guide. Wood, fabric, and a 28 HP single is how it gets there, and every gram you add is a decision.
Published today: $6,500 base kit. Add the engine.
What it can and cannot do
The capability table.
Yes published as standard · Optional factory option or variant · No not available
The lineup
One Part 103 Max.
Wood and fabric, mid-wing, single seat. Buy the complete kit or work through the modular mini-kits section by section. Base price excludes the engine.
Four pounds of margin
250 lb published against a 254 lb limit. An enclosed cockpit, a chute, and instruments will eat that and more. Wood also gains weight with finish and with humidity. This is the airframe where weighing what you actually built matters most.
Most of the catalogue is not Part 103
The 1100R Mini-Max is larger and not Part 103. Neither are the 1500 Sport, 1600 Sport, Eros, V-Max, or AeroMax. One aircraft on that site is an ultralight. The rest are experimental amateur-built.
Who it suits
- Builders who want the lowest-cost real kit in the category, not a plan set.
- Anyone paying as they go. The modular mini-kits let you buy a wing this year and a fuselage next.
- People who like wood, and who have dry space to keep it in.
- Pilots who value simplicity and being able to repair the aircraft themselves.
What you give up
- Wooden construction needs shop skills and dry storage. Damp kills it.
- Four pounds of weight margin. There is no room to be casual.
- The engine is a separate purchase on top of $6,500.
- Small shop, so lead times vary. No published sales email.
Verified contact
How to reach them directly.
Phone or the online store. Say MAX-103 so nobody sells you an 1100R by accident.
Part 103 compliance is yours
An aircraft marketed as Part 103 capable can exceed the 254 lb powered empty-weight limit once engines, instruments, and options are added. With four pounds of published margin, this one is not theoretical. You weigh the finished vehicle and you confirm compliance with 14 CFR 103 before you fly it. See the Part 103 disclaimer.
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