Schweizer 330

▼ Common components

In common with rival light helicopter designs, the 330 shares many components with another model, the Series 300. These include its basic fuselage structure and flying controls.

Sluggish sales ►

Sales got off to a slow start, with only 12 Schweizer 330s being delivered by 1996.

▼ First flight

N330TT was the first 300 prototype and made its maiden flight on 14 June 1988.

FACTS AND FIGURES

► Some design features of the 330 can be tracod back to the Hughes 269, which first flow in 1956.

>■ Tho first Schweizer 330 in Europe was a demonstrator for Saab Holikopter.

>• Wost Palm Beach Police Department in Florida operates a floet of 330s.

>• Main rivals in the US light helicopter markot Include the best-selling Robinson R44 and Enstrom 480 scrios.

>• By January 1997 a total of 15 Schweizer 330 helicopters had been delivered.

► The Venezuelan army is one of tho few military operators of the 330.

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Right: This view of N330TT shows the similarity of the 330 to the elderly 300. especially the cockpit and doors.

cabin flixit and seat smieiuiv which has been specially designed to alwnrb sudden vertical impact during deivleratiim

ACTION DATA
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