Variants
- 330
- Using the 300C dynamic components, Schweizer mounted a Rolls Royce 250-C10A engine to the airframe and developed a new four-seat cockpit/cabin and body.
- 330SP
- improved rotor and raised skids, Rolls Royce 250-C20W engine.
- 333
- Featuring new dynamic system components, new rotor blades, and high skids as standard equipment, the 333 has a 30% greater useful load than the 330SP.
- RQ-8/MQ-8 Fire Scout
- The MQ-8B Fire Scout is an unmanned derivative of the Schweizer 330SP/333 helicopter, with a new fuselage, new fuel system, and UAV electronics and sensors. It also utilizes a new four-bladed rotor system based on that of the Schweizer 333. The Fire Scout is currently in development for the United States Navy's VTUAV program with cooperation from Northrop Grumman. The original RQ-8A was based on the 330SP.
- Schweizer S-434
- Based on improvements developed for the MQ-8B, this is a new version of the 333. Four-bladed main rotor.
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