Bruder CAT Excavator RC conversion pt6 : completion

This 6th video builds upon the first 5 - where I developed the DIY linear actuators for the digging arm and bucket plus power to the tracks as well as continuous rotation of the turntable - and completes the movement with another linear actuator to raise and lower the boom. The video is quite detailed and includes some of the processes I went through to develop the solution - to help you build your own & hopefully improve on what I did. Both at the start and towards the end of the video short running segments are included to test all of the elements and importantly see if it can dig (even though I am still getting used to the controls!). Pretty well complete now – although I may go back and power the second boom cylinder if adding another speed controller stops the binding when using a single ESC for two actuator motors – although to be honest I am pretty happy with how it is working & the huge range of travel that it has on all of the arm movements. As ever any thoughts or comments are most welcome – as they may help others too. Please feel free to post links to your excavator build (YouTube / Facebook / website / whatever). And keep modding! 👍😀 As I mentioned in one of the previous videos, I have recently set up, but not yet used a Twitter account (  / rcmodders  ) which I am interested to see if this is helpful to the channel - I would be interested to hear suggestions on this - as I have never really used social media. Any thoughts and ideas that you have for me would be most welcome in the comments box. If you like this video and want to see more challenging ‘how to’ conversions, please like & subscribe. I have a whole bunch of Bruder models/toys waiting to be converted to radio control.🙂👍