TomVR Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomVR Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sokol1_br Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 See here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2722072&highlight=transducer#post2722072 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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