Building a Hydraulic Lego Excavator

Building and testing a remote controlled hydraulic excavator with Lego. The excavator includes 6 motors controlled by a BuWizz 3.0 (a remote control and battery unit). An electrical slip ring is used to connect the 2 track motors through the rotating turntable with the battery box. 2x CADA micro Motors are used to power the tracks. They are small, providing high torque, and having low RPM. The turntable is moved by a Lego small angular motor for space reasons and because of the low RPM, which provides better control of the superstructure. 3x Lego Technic Powered Up Large motors drive one pump each. To make the small Peristaltic pumps, a Lego part had to be modified by drilling holes. The pump works with Regular Lego pneumatic hoses. It builds up a lot of pressure/vacuum, enough to operate hydraulic systems, and it works in both directions. The Hydraulic cylinders are actually Lego pneumatic cylinders. They are not intended to be used with water as the metal parts could corrode. To
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