RicardoJune 19, 2011, 3:40am
After 1500+ hours of work, my Minimax is finally completed and ready for engine and ground test.
However, I don't deserve all the credits.
In Nov of 1992, Minimax 1100 Kit # 581 was bought by Mr. Tobe A. Morrow who bought it from a Florida TEAM dealer named Bill Frost. This first owner did only 98 hours in the project and for some reason stopped working. Nine years later, in May of 2001, another Florida builder named Kenneth Barr, bought it from Mr. Morrow but also bought the conversion kit for the 1600R. This second builder put 192 working hours in the project until October 2002.
Two years later, in October 2004, after searching in the internet, I bought the project from Mr. Barr in Daytona FL. for $900.- including the 1600R conversion kit, the dual wing tanks and the metal landing gear among other items. A friend of mine, who lives in Sarasota FL, kept it at home for a couple of months. Later, I traveled to the US, bought a new 447 with the reduction drive, some instruments and brakes and other things, placed everything in a U-haul and drove it to Miami where a crate was made for the long shipping to Peru. It arrived to its final destination in February of 2005. Since then until June of 2011 I have put over 1200 hours of night work. Some of the delay was due to a severe earthquake in 2007.
Today I'm glad I have finished the project and I'm very pleased with the results.
I also built a 1000 ft grass runway on my land that looks as nice as the plane.
Sorry to disappoint you for not placing the latest pictures at the moment, but I'll make it up next week. (runway included)
Thanks again to all of you; this work is the result of your help through this magnificent site and my late night work at the farm.
Ricardo
However, I don't deserve all the credits.
In Nov of 1992, Minimax 1100 Kit # 581 was bought by Mr. Tobe A. Morrow who bought it from a Florida TEAM dealer named Bill Frost. This first owner did only 98 hours in the project and for some reason stopped working. Nine years later, in May of 2001, another Florida builder named Kenneth Barr, bought it from Mr. Morrow but also bought the conversion kit for the 1600R. This second builder put 192 working hours in the project until October 2002.
Two years later, in October 2004, after searching in the internet, I bought the project from Mr. Barr in Daytona FL. for $900.- including the 1600R conversion kit, the dual wing tanks and the metal landing gear among other items. A friend of mine, who lives in Sarasota FL, kept it at home for a couple of months. Later, I traveled to the US, bought a new 447 with the reduction drive, some instruments and brakes and other things, placed everything in a U-haul and drove it to Miami where a crate was made for the long shipping to Peru. It arrived to its final destination in February of 2005. Since then until June of 2011 I have put over 1200 hours of night work. Some of the delay was due to a severe earthquake in 2007.
Today I'm glad I have finished the project and I'm very pleased with the results.
I also built a 1000 ft grass runway on my land that looks as nice as the plane.
Sorry to disappoint you for not placing the latest pictures at the moment, but I'll make it up next week. (runway included)
Thanks again to all of you; this work is the result of your help through this magnificent site and my late night work at the farm.
Ricardo
