Mike's Droid R2-TNGO : conversion upgrade Part 2

Thursday lunchtime I popped up to see Mike as he wanted to have his new droid MOT’ed.

New legs cut from wood.

New motor inner foot shells.

New metal outer foot shells.

New centre leg.

New Dome gear setup.

New batteries…….

A solid upgrade from two leg to three legs.

The electrical system was half new, wires for the motors and battery hookup, with the main Padawan 360 setup, including sounds, being all on a board that is a simple unplug and remove from one droid, and fits into another droid.

Mike showed me the new batteries he had bought, lifepo ones, these were SUPER lightweight!!!

Saturday was its first event. Mike had a great time and got to meet another Mike.

Mike Quinn with Mike Berry and R2-TNGO

Mike's Droid R2-TNGO : conversion upgrade

January 2024
Mike has been working hard on converting one of his static two-legged droids R2-TNGO, to a three legged mobile one.

He asked me if I could fit new plugs onto his new motors & power cables for him. And also to shorten his drive chains.

Done & done.

He shared some progress pictures:

Legs and feet are on. More updates soon.

Event Report: Southmead Hospital Charity

 Saturday 29th April 2023

Myself, Mike and Mark had been invited to attended a Charity fundraising day by local friends from Clevedon.

This is the second one we’ve attended helping to raise funds for Southmead Hospital.

Check out their Facebook page.

We were located next to the toy area, Mike couldn’t help himself and borrowed a Grogu toy 😂😂😂

Mike took his R2 off round the floor area, and stopped by the amazing face painting and balloon sculpture. 
There were lots of happy parents and kids 😂. Lots of people asked questions about the droids and building them, and then Mike was telling them to ask me for my autograph ✍️ 😂😂😂

Here are some of the days pictures:

And some more:

Father and son 😂

There were quite a few visitors who were not from Bristol , as became apparent when telling them about our upcoming event at the M-Shed Museum.

Looking forward to this, as well as Swindon’s Stars of Time event next month:

Disclaimer: my R5 is NOT the one used in the Mandalorian series 👍🏽