Intro

Finally the Huina 1560 arrived. :)

Time to discover this excavator. I did read a lot about these excavators, so I knew more or less what to expect. Since there are some many unboxing movies, I'll skip that part. Since I could not find the differences between the 560 and 1560, I guess both models are the same. (Please comment if I'm wrong.)

I just want to play a little with this excavator and try to upgrade what is possible. I think it's worth the money:

• Of course a hydraulic excavator is way cooler (and maybe even dangerous for our kido) it's just way too expansive. (3000+ euro)
• Starting from scratch and printing all parts is also nice, but this will take too much time.
• Buying a Bruder excavator and planning on creating your own controller, this a nice route. I should have done that.
• But adding 20 euro extra, you have already a fully working RC excavator and modify only the necessary parts.

Now the excavator arrived, it's time for some action. Upgrading plans:

• Adding a bucket (every excavator needs -at least- one)
• Want to upgrade the cylinders (more powerful(?))
• Want to add 2 joysticks on the controller
• Want using the 7th motor for a shovel, instead of the hammer
• Maybe want to add full rotation option

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