We Fly: Epic E1000 AX

This turboprop is a top-end, heavy-hauling speed merchant.

Rick Durden

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 07:30 AM ET

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Edited By:

Travis Tingle

The Epic E1000 AX in flight [Courtesy: Epic Aircraft]

Key Takeaways:

The Epic E1000 AX is highlighted as the fastest and most powerful production single-engine turboprop, boasting 1,200 hp and a max cruise speed of 333 knots, built with a robust composite airframe that enabled rigorous utility category certification.
It features an advanced Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite, including Autothrottle, Autoland, and Smart Glide, significantly enhancing both automation and emergency safety.
The aircraft offers an impressive useful load and a spacious cabin, while also providing responsive and enjoyable flight characteristics that make it a "pilot's airplane," supported by a comprehensive in-house training program.

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The curves compel. Looking at the flowing, complex bends of the carbon fiber airframe, the flawless fairing of the windshield, windows and deice boots with the skin as it stands tall on its trailing-link landing gear, one tends to think that the Epic E1000 AX just slips between the air molecules.

Well, sort of. Its clean design is augmented by the most power ever hung on a production turboprop single—1,200 hp, making it the fastest of the breed.