In addition to EMBRAER's excellence in aircraft manufacturing and constant design improvements that make the aircraft better every day, the 320 hp piston engine ensures a 75% lower overhaul cost than a turbo engine, as its operation and maintenance are simpler.

The extensive network of qualified Ipanema 203 maintenance service centers strategically located throughout Brazil also contributes to low maintenance costs, in addition to ensuring that aircraft return to service more quickly.

The aircraft structure is constructed from high-strength steel alloy, which ensures the robustness and safety required for the field. The aircraft is clad with aluminum panels and composite materials that deliver lightness, ease of cleaning, corrosion resistance, and performance. In addition, their systems are simple and designed for easy repair in the field, with wide availability of replacement parts throughout Brazil.

Waterlogged ground prevents ground sprayers from being used immediately after rain or during winter, but this is not the case for aircraft. Applied immediately after rainfall, Ipanema is the solution for meeting spraying windows and deadlines, with a focus on productivity and quality.

The Ipanema EMB 203 was made for the field. The aircraft does not need large infrastructure to operate. A short and unpaved runway perfectly serves the landing, takeoff and refueling of the aircraft, with a single ground support person (badeco) being sufficient.

Ipanema has been on the market for more than 50 years. During this time, in addition to various technological advances, the country has embraced agricultural aviation, and many professionals are working in the field with experience and efficiency in what they do.

Today more than 40 service centers serve Ipanema aircraft throughout Brazil. Embraer also contributes to the training of aeronautical mechanics who work in the market with aircraft familiarization courses.

Regarding pilots, key players in the agricultural aviation market, there are now more than 2,000 professionals registered with ANAC, and the number is increasing.

A land sprayer, when moving through the field, inevitably damages about 5% of the plants, about 3 bags of soybeans per hectare. With aerial spraying this does not happen, ensuring more productivity for the producer

In addition to damaging plants, a ground sprayer compacts the soil it passes through due to its weight. This soil compaction impairs all the root development of the surrounding plants, even if they have not been crushed and, with the roots impaired, grain production also suffers a drop. In this case again aerial spraying comes as a solution as there is no contact with the ground at the time of application.

In addition to having no contact with the soil, avoiding trampling and compaction, and because it has no contact with the plants, the aircraft does not contribute to the spread of diseases and pests, which inevitably occurs in ground spraying, since the wheels and parts of the tractor can touch the plant, and there may be some pathogen there that can be released in a healthy area, causing contamination in that location.