R2 Series

Required Droid Components

The standard R2 series droid will consist of the following details. Paint scheme will be determined by the model.

Dome

1. Radar Eye Also called the 'main eye,' it's one of the more recognizeable dome parts.

2. Radar Eye Lens The "lens" that is within the Radar Eye

3. Logic Displays|Front Logic Display A color matrix display of light for the glowing effect.

4. Front PSI (Process State Indicator) The front PSI, for most droids, is a two-color fading light panel. The hole for the front PSI is smaller than the rear, and the cover is usually a milky white colored plastic. A standard R2 unit will use blue and red LEDs for this PSI.

5. Holoprojectors (HPs) There are three of these on a standard R2 Unit, one in the front, one in the back, and one in one of the top pie panels (see below). The original screen used HPs were reading lights from Vickers Viscount airplanes, used in Great Britain beginning in the early 1950s.

6. Pie Panels These are pie shaped pieces often cut from the dome. These can open to reveal extensions from the dome such as periscopes or lifeform scanners.

7. Dome Panels These parts of the dome, including the pie panels, may be painted, etched or cut from the dome, and may open by means of servos and hinges.

8. P5 Picture Panel P5 refers to the name of the panel in the R2 Builders Group blueprints. The panel has an open round-cornered center with shows the aluminum dome underneath. In a scene in the movie Return of the Jedi, the panel glows red.

9. Rear PSI (Process State Indicator) The rear PSI, like the front, is a two-color fading light panel. The hole for this PSI is larger than the front. The standard colors for an R2 astromech is green and yellow.

10. Dome Bumps These are two small raised domes on the back of the dome, just above and to the right of the rear PSI on a standard R2 unit.

11. Rear Logic Display (RLD) Like the front logics, these are three color fading lights. The colors are generally green, yellow and red in color.

12. Dome Ring The dome ring is the lowest ring between the dome and body and is typically metallic in appearance.

Body

1. Large Data Port (LDP) Located in the front, middle of the droid, at the base of the dome.

2. Utility Arms There are 2 arms located in the upper middle of the body.

3. Front Vents There are two vents on a standard R5-Unit.

4. Side Vents There are two on a standard R2-Unit, one under each leg on the body.

5. Coin Slots There is one strip on the standard R2-Unit in the front of the body.

6. Pocket Vents There are two per standard R2-Unit, toward the bottom of the body in the front and back.

7. Coin Returns There are three on a standard R2-Unit, one in the front, and two in the back toward the bottom of the main body.

8. Power Couplings There are two per standard R2-Unit, one in the front center of the body at the bottom, and one in the back center at the bottom.

9. Octagonal Ports There are two per standard R2-Unit, mounted toward the bottom of the body.

10. Skirt The skirt is located on the base of the body.

Legs / Feet

1. Shoulder Horseshoes There are two per standard R2-Unit, mounted on each leg.

2. Shoulder Hub There are two per standard R2-Unit, mounted in the top middle section of each leg.

3. Booster Covers There are two per standard R2-Unit, mounted on each leg.

4. Leg Struts There are two per standard R2-Unit, mounted on each leg.

5. Main Leg

6. Shoulder Hydraulics There are two per standard R2-Unit, mounted inside the long opening in the shoulder horseshoes.

7. Shoulder Buttons There are four per standard R2-Unit, mounted inside the small square openings in the shoulder horseshoes.

8. Ankle Bracelet There are two per standard R2-Unit, mounted on the leg above the ankle

9. Outer Ankle Sides There are two per standard R2-Unit.

10. Ankle Details There are four per standard R2-Unit, mounted to the front and backs of the outer ankles.

11. Ankle Cylinder Wedges There are two per standard R2-Unit, which connect the ankle cylinders to the outer ankle sides.

12. Ankle Cylinders There are four per standard R2-Unit, which mount to the ankle.

13. Ankle Cylinder Holders There are four per standard R2-Unit, which attach to the lower portion of the ankle and cradle the ankle cylinder.

14. Under Shoulder Details There are four per standard R2-Unit, that are mounted into the recessed area on the undersides of the main leg.

15. Main Footshell

16. Foot Side Plate

17. Half Moon Details There are four per standard R2-Unit, one one the outside face of each outer foot shell, and one per side of the center foot shell.

18. Foot Details All feet have foot details.

19. Battery Boxes There are two per standard R2-Unit, which fit into the insides of the outer feet.

20. Battery Box Harnesses There are four per standard R2-Unit, which mount to the front recess on the battery box.

21. Foot Hoses There are four per standard R2-Unit, which connect the battery boxes to the outer foot shells.

22. Knurled Fittings There are four per standard R2-Unit, and are on both ends of each Foot Hose

23. Foot Strips There are six per standard R2-Unit, each foot shell will have a foot strip mounted from and back in the middle.