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Shane's R2 Build Log
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Shane's R2 Build Log
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Body: Side & Pocket Vents Attaching the side and pocket vents seemed pretty simple at first - sandwich the skins between the vent panels, screw panels together, and done. However, it wasn't as simple as that. The problem is that the vent panels don't provide enough friction/pressure against the skins to stay in place. So even if I got the vents where I liked them, they wouldn't stay there. Also, the produced a SIGNIFICANT amount of rattle with the slightest jostling. How I decided to solve this was with weather stripping. I picked up a package of medium sized weather stripping from Home Depot.  For the pocket vents, I applied a strip along the bottom of the pocket and 4 little strips on the back panel's tabs. 
 With the weatherstripping, the pocket vents do not budge and there's no rattle.  |