Embraer/Neiva EMB-202 Ipanema

The Embraer EMB 202 Ipanema is an agricultural aircraft used for aerial application, particullary crop dusting. It's producted by Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva, a subsidiary of Embraer. The latest version of this aircraft is the first alcohol-powered airplane, which gives it many economical and ecological advantages over the gasoline version. The airplane is widely employed on Brazil, having market share of about 80%, and completed 1,000 deliveries on March 15, 2005. Besides airplanes, alcohol-conversion kits for gasoline-powered Ipanemas are also sold. It's common to think that the Ipanema name comes from the Rio de Janeiro beach, but it actually comes from a farm of the same name owned by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. The Antonov An-2 was the first purpose-built agricultural arcraft to be mass-produced. ... Aerial application, referred to by many as crop dusting, involves spraying crops with fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides from an agricultural aircraft. ... An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use -- usually aerial spraying of pesticides or fertiliser. ... Embraer, the Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. is a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gasoline (or petrol) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ipanema Beach Ipanema is a district located on the southern zone of the city Rio de Janeiro, between Leblon and Arpoador. ... A ministry is a department of a government, led by a minister. ...

Development

On the 1960s, the development of a brazilian agriculture aircraft was motivated by the expansion of agricultural products' market, specially soybean and sugar cane. During this time, the Ipanema airplane was developed by engineers of the Aeronautics Technological Institute (ITA) on the Ipanema Farm, located on Sorocaba. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Binomial name Glycine max (L.) Merr. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... The Aeronautics Technological Institute (Instituto Tecnólogico de Aeronautica - ITA) is a federal public academic institution located in São José dos Campos, Brazil. ... The City of Sorocaba Sorocaba is a city in southern Brazil, in the southeastern portion of São Paulo State. ...

The first version of the aircraft, the EMB-200, made its first flight on 1970 and was certified on December 1971. The airplane was equipped with a 260 HP propeller. Series production started on 1972 by Embraer. On September 1974, the EMB-201 was released, including many improvements such as a 300 HP propeller, new blades, new wings and increased capacity. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

On 1982, the production of Ipanema was transfered to Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva, recently acquired by Embraer. On 1992, a new model, called EMB-202 or Ipanemão, was released. The new airplane had improvements on aerodynamics, a 40% greater capacity, and an optional, modern equipment for electrostatic aerial application. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the branch of Physics. ... Electrostatics is the branch of physics that deals with the force exerted by a static (i. ...

On the following years, Neiva made significant improvements on the aircraft, such as adding winglets on the wing tips, adding an air conditioning system on the cabin, lowering the position of the wings, increasing the resistance and reducing the weight of the exhaust system and other changes. A winglet is a device used to improve the efficiency of aircraft by lowering the lift-induced drag caused by wingtip vortices. ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ... An exhaust system conveys burnt gases from an internal combustion engine and typically includes a collection of pipes. ...

Since ethanol is largely available on Brazil, being three to four times more unexpensive than aviation gasoline, many brazilian farmers have attempted to fuel gasoline-powered Ipanemas with alcohol, with variable degrees of success. The result of this was a development of an alcohol-powered Ipanema, which was certified by the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (CTA) on October 19, 2004. The new propeller of the Ipanema had also 20% lower maintenance and operational costs. The Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology (Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial - CTA) is the national military research center for aviation and space flight of the Federative Republic of Brazil and subordinated to the Brazilian Air Force. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Variants

In parenthesis it's shown the certification date.

• EMB-200 (December 1971) with a 260 HP Lycoming engine, Mc Cauley blades and 550 kg capacity
• EMB-200A (December 1973) similar to EMB-200 with Hartzell blades and an improved engine
• EMB-201 (September 1974) with 300 HP Lycoming engine, Hartzell blades and 750 kg capacity, plus improved aerodynamics
• EMB-201A (April 1977) similar to EMB-201 with a new panel, controls and wings
• EMB-202 (May 1991) with 300 HP Lycoming engine, Hartzell blades and 950 kg capacity
• EMB-202A (October 2004) with 320 HP Lycoming engine, using ethanol fuel and a propeller with better performance, lower maintenance and lower operational costs.

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Specifications (EMB-202A)

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Capacity: 950 kg (2,094) lb of chemicals
• Length: 7.43 m (24.37 ft)
• Wingspan: 11.69 m (38.45)
• Height: 2.22 m (7.28 ft)
• Wing area: ()
• Empty weight: ()
• Loaded weight: 1,800 kg (3,968 lb)
• Powerplant: 1× modified Lycoming IO-540-K1J5, Hartzell constant speed blade , 320 hp (240 kW)

Performance

• Cruise speed: 222 km/h (138 mph)
• Stall speed: 88 km/h (55 mph)
• Range: 610 km (379 mi)

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Other

• Usable fuel capacity: 264 lt of ethanol fuel (70 US gal.)
• Fuel consumption: 98 lt/h (26 US gal.)
• Take-off distance: 354 m (1,161 ft)
• Landing distance: 170 m (558 ft)

Optional Equipment

• Fast refueling valve
• Swathmaster
• Electrostatic crop-dusting system
• Differential GPS

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References

• Scientific America December 2005 issue, pg 60-61
• Embraer Press Release 2005/03/15 NEIVA DELIVERS 1000TH IPANEMA CROP DUSTER
• Embraer Press Release 2004/10/19 ETHANOL-FUELED IPANEMA CERTIFIED BY THE CTA

External links

• Embraer
• Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva
• ITA

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