Four blade rotor system with advanced
technology blade
  
Sophisticated payloads
  
Long range surveillance and targeting
  
             
       
             
 

Schweizer developed an advanced technology rotor system for the Fire Scout MQ-8B which will allow for larger payloads and improved performance:


  • Advanced technology, swept tip, wide cord, combined airfoil blade
  • Four-bladed rotor system
  • Blade fold mechanism
  • Higher power transmission
  
  • Mobile & fixed ground control stations
  • Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL)
  • Wide-band Communications
  • Tactical Control Stations (TCS)
 
  • Ability to fly 110 nautical miles from launch site, loiter up to 4 hours, return to base
  • Vehicle endurance greater than 7 hours
  • Electro-optical/infrared sensors (EO/IR)
  • Laser designator to find tactical targets