{{Short description|Prototype very light jet aircraft}} {{Infobox aircraft |name = Epic Victory |image = Epic Victory.jpg |type = Very Light Jet |manufacturer = Epic Aircraft |designer= |first_flight = 6 July 2007 |introduction = |status = Production suspended |primary_user = None |produced = |number_built = 1 |variants = }}

The '''Epic Victory''' was the second experimental jet designed by Epic Aircraft, a company that was based in Bend, Oregon. Epic Aircraft declared bankruptcy in 2009. Its assets were acquired by Aviation Industry Corporation of China and ''LT Builders Group''; which {{as of|July 2010|lc=on}} were in the process of restarting production of the Victory.<ref name="AvWeb11Apr10">{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/AnEpicDealBetweenBuildersGroupChineseCompany_202325-1.html|title = An Epic Deal Between Builders Group, Chinese Company|accessdate = 12 April 2010|last = Grady|first = Mary|authorlink = |date = April 2010|archive-date = 28 November 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141128225832/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/AnEpicDealBetweenBuildersGroupChineseCompany_202325-1.html|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="AvWeb31Jul10">{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/news/airventure/NewEpicOwnersAtOshkosh_203041-1.html|title = New Epic Owners At Oshkosh|accessdate = 1 August 2010|last = Grady|first = Mary|authorlink = |date = July 2010|archive-date = 28 November 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141128225945/http://www.avweb.com/news/airventure/NewEpicOwnersAtOshkosh_203041-1.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>

[[File:Epic Victory N370EJ test flight.JPG|thumb|Epic Victory test flight at Epic facility in Bend]] ==Development== The Victory is a single-engine very light jet that was intended to be powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600. Epic used the Williams FJ33 engine for testing but planned to switch to the PW600 for final production.

The aircraft seats 4 to 5, including the pilots, in a 2+2 or a 2+1+2 configuration. The aircraft took Epic six and a half months to design from concept to a flying prototype, with the first flight on 6 July 2007 from Roberts Field in Redmond, Oregon.<ref>[http://www.flyer.co.uk/news/newsfeed.php?artnum=597 Flyer.co.uk Article "Epic Victory Jet makes first flight"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122185011/http://flyer.co.uk/news/newsfeed.php?artnum=597 |date=2010-11-22 }}</ref>

The company had intended that the jet would be available for less than US$1&nbsp;million. The aircraft was displayed at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture fly-in in 2007 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where the company began accepting down payments.

The prototype's Federal Aviation Administration registration expired on 31 May 2017. It has not been renewed and the aircraft has been deregistered.<ref name="FAAReg">{{cite web|url = https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=370EJ|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 21 February 2020|author = Federal Aviation Administration|date = 21 February 2020|archive-date = 26 July 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200726004443/https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=370EJ|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Specifications== alt= Epic Victory|right|thumb|Epic Victory {{Aircraft specs |prime units? = imp |crew=1 |capacity=3 to 4 |length m=10.19 |length ft=33 |length in=5 |span m=11.08 |span ft=36 |span in=4 |height m=3.26 |height ft=10 |height in=8.5 |empty weight kg=1225 |empty weight lb=2700 |gross weight kg=2495 |gross weight lb=5500 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600 |max speed kmh=592 |max speed mph=368 |cruise speed kmh=<!-- if max speed unknown -->463 |cruise speed mph=<!-- if max speed unknown -->288 |range km=2222 |range miles=1380 |ceiling m=8537 |ceiling ft=28,000 }}

==See also== {{aircontent <!-- include as many lines are appropriate. additional lines/entries with carriage return. --> |see also= * Very light jet |related=<!-- related developments --> |similar aircraft=<!-- similar or comparable aircraft --> * Cirrus Vision SF50 * Eclipse 400 * Flaris LAR01 |sequence=<!-- designation sequence, if appropriate --> |lists=<!-- related lists --> }}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.epicaircraft.com Company Home Page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071213104528/http://www.epicaircraft.com/Victory.html Aircraft Page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101122185011/http://flyer.co.uk/news/newsfeed.php?artnum=597 Flyer.co.uk Article "Epic Victory Jet makes first flight"]

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Victory Category:2000s United States business aircraft Category:Very light jets Category:Single-engined jet aircraft Category:T-tail aircraft Category:Low-wing aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 2007