Upcoming Events
There is now an events page, with all R2's upcoming dates.
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October 3, 2017
Preston Comic Con
Back home now and recharging the ol' batteries after a day at the Guild Hall in Preston for Preston Comic Con. Had a great day, with lots of interactions with…
September 24, 2017
Preston Comic Con Prep
Currently getting ready for a single day convention in Preston. Needed to do a few repairs to R2 after the last event, and as usual I left them all to…
September 22, 2017
Electrics Overview
After a recent discussion on the facebook group, I thought it was time to finally document the internals of R2 as best I could. Not the most elegant of diagrams,…
September 18, 2017
New blog
I've decided to keep things regarding R2 all on his own little blog. Its been a 4+ year build so far, but I will be back filling a load of…
September 15, 2017
Building a battery for R2 with 18650 cells
There are many options for a battery to power an astromech, from the tried and tested Sealed Lead-Acid, to the latest LiFePO4. This article will look at utilising the very…
April 21, 2017
R2 ventures out
The day finally arrived. I was going to show off R2 to the public. Up until this point, he'd not been out of the garage and only had a handful…
April 19, 2017
I set a deadline!
This year has been a bit busy so far, and in February I realised I only had something like three free weekends to get R2 ready for his first outing,…
April 19, 2017
Slow but steady, or not…
It seems that xmas and new year is when all the part runs start. At least that is what it feels like to me, for all the parts I want.There…
March 26, 2016
More power!
Its been a long time since an update, but we moved house at the start of the year and things have been hectic. At least, thats my excuse and I'm…
December 4, 2015