Aviation Electronics Technician 1 - Historic Naval Ships Association

Figure 7-17.-P-3C ordnance stations.Figure 7-18.-S-3A ordnance stations.In the P-3C, in addition to the eight bomb baystations, ten wing stations are available for thecarriage of a variety of stores. Forty-eightunpressurized, three pressurized, and one free-falllaunch chutes are used in the search store system(fig. 7-17).In the S-3A, two bomb bays with two stationseach and two wing stations are available for storecarriage. Sixty unpressurized launch chutes are usedin the search store system (fig. 7-18).The weapons control system of each aircraft hasthe units, panels, switches, logic circuits, interfaces,computer, and controls necessary for selecting,arming, and releasing the kill or search stores.Additionally, status lights indicate store selectionerrors and store go or no-go status. Electrical jettisonrelease systems are incorporated to release or eject allkill stores of the P-3C aircraft, and the wing stationsand all search stores of the S-3A aircraft.Figure 7-19.-P-3C SLT arrangement.7-12