Talk:MQ-8 Fire Scout
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[edit] RQ-8A or RQ-8B?
Born2flie: The picture in the infobox says that it is the Fire Scout landing on the USS Nashville, but it is a three-bladed main rotor and two-bladed tail rotor ship. The text says that is the RQ-8A, but the text also says that it was the RQ-8B that landed on the Nashville. Which is it? --04:05, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Read it again... "In January of 2006, an RQ-8A Fire Scout landed aboard the U.S. Navy warship USS Nashville while it was steaming off the coast of Maryland near the Patuxent River. This marked the first time an unmanned helicopter has landed aboard a moving U.S. Navy ship without a pilot controlling the aircraft. The USS Nashville, which is an amphibious transport ship, was maneuvering as fast as 17 mph in the tests."
At the time of the shipboard landing tests the "B" (4 blades) model wasn't completed yet. As the article says the "A" (3 blades)did the landing tests. Both models only have the 2 blade TR. A 4 blade TR has been discussed but currently is not part of this program at this time.