The Epic LT's sleek looks aren't deceiving. The six-seat, 1,200-horsepower kitbuilt speedster is all about going fast and far-and from the slingshot acceleration at takeoff, to its 4,000-fpm initial rate of climb, to its 320-knot cruise-performance is paramount. "It's amazing what happens when you bolt a big engine on a light, aerodynami-cally clean, carbon-fiber airframe," says Rich Finley, Epic's chief pilot, who oversees aircraft engineering, flight testing, and pilot training. "You get performance that has to be seen to be believed."
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