It is no longer a secret that the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer is working on a new turboprop model that should take off around 2027. Now the manufacturer has published a new design draft that provides rear engines.

Turboprop aircraft with rear-mounted engines are extremely rare. But Embraer thought something new, because they have a lot of experience with this arrangement due to the ERJ series. The advantages for the passengers are obvious: the further forward you sit, the quieter it is.

Many passengers feel that “propeller planes” are completely unjustifiably out of date, loud and sometimes even unsafe. Embraer wants to use the stern propellers to keep the cabin as quiet as possible and with as little vibration as possible. At the same time, the aerodynamics are improved.

Embraer wants to offer an alternative to the smallest E2 jets. The future turboprop should be able to carry between 80 and 100 passengers, but in direct comparison with its "big siblings" it will consume even less fuel.

The last Tubroprop model that Embraer had in its range in the civilian sector was the Emb-120 Brasilia. This was built from 1987 to 2007. The ERJ regional jets are also based on this pattern, because many components of the fuselage were adopted one-to-one. With 120 units built, the E358 was not particularly successful if the E-Jet range is used as a benchmark. Between 2000 and the end of 2020, Embraer was able to manufacture 1.623 jets. The ERJ-145 series is also more successful with 1.222 copies.