| Epic LT & Dynasty | |
|---|---|
_-_1.jpg) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Single engine turboproplight aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Epic Aircraft |
| Status | Production resumed in 2010[1] |
| Number built | 54[2] |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 2004–2009; 2010[1]–2018[2] |
| First flight | 2004[3] |
| Variants | CAIGA Primus 150 Epic E1000 |
TheEpic LT is an Americankit-built single-enginedturboprop aircraft intended for use by private pilots. TheEpic Dynasty was the proposedcertified version of the LT that was intended be sold as a completed aircraft, prior toEpic Aircraft's bankruptcy in August 2009 and later acquisition by new owners in April 2010.[4][5][6] Under ownership of the reorganized company, the certified version is called theEpic E1000.[7][8] After FAA certification in 2019, deliveries began in 2020.
The LT was designed byEpic Air LLC ofBend, Oregon, to meet demand for a kit-built high-performance single turboprop-engined six-seat private owner aircraft. It has a low-wing layout with the tailplanes mid-set on a single fin. The tricycle undercarriage is fully retractable. Its construction uses composites incorporating carbon fibres. The engine is aPratt & Whitney PT6-67A turboprop flat rated to 1200 hp.[4]
The prototype LT first flew in 2004.[3]
The prototype Dynasty, Epic LT number 14, had logged over 1000 hours of certification flight testing by 23 October 2006, but certification was not complete in June 2009, with the company reporting over 2000 test hours flown.
Flight testing of the prototype, registered C-FJRQ, was initially commenced inCalgary,Alberta,Canada, but the aircraft was removed from the Canadian register on 2 March 2007. It was moved back to Bend, Oregon, and re-registered as N6XK.[4][9][10][11]
Sales stopped in 2012, to be replaced by the certificatedEpic E1000, and the 54th and final kit had secured its certificate of airworthiness in December 2018, before its early 2019 delivery to its owner.[2]
It is the basis of theChina Aviation Industry General Aircraft Primus 150.
.jpg)
Deliveries of LT kits commenced in 2006 with the first one completed that year[12] and the aircraft was demonstrated at the EAA show at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in July 2007.
Initially, the LT aircraft kits were completed by amateur builders under factory supervision in the factory at Bend but some later examples have been assembled at field locations, with assistance from Epic Aircraft.
On 7 July 2016, six Epic LT kit-built aircraft departed on a global circumnavigation flight, flown by owner-pilots. They departed from theAirVenture 2016 airshow, inOshkosh, Wisconsin.[13]
A total of two Epic LT accidents have been reported by the USNational Transportation Safety Board.[14][15]
On 31 March 2019, an Epic LT, registration RA-2151G, crashed in a field on approach toFrankfurt Egelsbach Airport in southwestern Germany at about 3:30 p.m. RussianS7 Airlines co-ownerNatalia Fileva, one of Russia's richest women, her father and the pilot died in the crash.[16][17]
Data from Epic Website[4]
General characteristics
Performance
