Wiring a force sensing mini-stick?

[TomVR]

I found these military simulator F-18 throttle grips from the now defunct high rev simulators many years ago on ebay.

 

 

(I actually found the original product page on the internet archive)

 

I am now using the quarantine as a chance to finally build them into a working throttle quadrant.

 

 

The problem I've run into is how to hook up the transducer joystick. I can't find the part number as it seems to be under epoxy. Only thing I can find out is from that defunct product page

 

Throttle Target Designator Control (TDC-Slew) Or Radar Cursor Feels Real And Provides Real Time Accurate Data Flow. This Transducer Slew Uses Force Sensors On A Copper Beryllium Shaft To Sense And Transmit Electronic Movements. It Also Has The Down Select Switch With The Real Feel.

 

It has 6 wires, two of them short when the joystick is depressed (switch) and then 4 are arranged in a box, which I guess are for the 2 axis of strain gauges?

 

 

 

Anyone have any ideas how to convert these into a Potentiometer like signal? Using MMJOY2

Edited April 29, 2020 by TomVR

[TomVR]

Doing some more wayback machine cruising I was able to find this set of images from this page.

 

Seems highrev sims manufactured the transducer joystick themselves

https://web.archive.org/web/20080515132810/http://hirevsims.com/01prod/fltcontrl/strgages/stgage.htm

 

[Sokol1_br]

See here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2722072&highlight=transducer#post2722072