Avionics
Epic Certifies Weather Radar for E1000 Turboprops
Addition of radome didn’t affect cruise performance
Epic E1000 AX airplane with Garmin GWX 8000 weather radar
The Garmin GWX 8000 weather radar is housed in a slim radome mounted near the E1000’s right wingtip. © AIN/Matt Thurber

Epic Aircraft has received FAA approval for installation of the Garmin GWX 8000 StormOptix weather radar in the E1000, E1000 GX, and E1000 AX turboprop singles. The radar is housed in a laminar-flow radome mounted near the right wingtip and does not affect cruise speed.

Equipped with a 10-inch antenna, the radar features full antenna stabilization; horizontal and vertical scanning profiles to give pilots a clearer view of weather at various heights; ground clutter suppression; Garmin’s Watch technology to identify potential radar-shadowing zones; an expanded color palette; ground-mapping mode; StormOptix volumetric auto-scan to analyze size, shape, and intensity of storm cells; lightning and hail prediction; and turbulence detection.