I ordered 2 replacement potentiometers and managed to open mine without desoldering it, to see what is left in there. The guts are still in there so it should work if I put something in there that won’t break. BUT-- the overall design of this throttle really sucks. It shouldn’t be able to break like it does, firstly. And secondly, it should be made in a way that resists catching and tangling on things. I’m going to make a trigger-style action where the mechanism is protected and can’t break.
I looked online and there are plenty of prefab RC trigger potentiometers for cheap but I can’t find any info on their rating for compatibility. Would be nice if we could just toss a $10 common part in there instead of this special snowflake toothpick breakable weakling crap.