Shoddy Cameron — Automatic Angle of Attack Golf Club

Type: Personal project | Status: [In progress] | Year: [2026]

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Project overview

[One or two paragraphs introducing "Shoddy Cameron" — a golf club that automatically adjusts its angle of attack. Explain the idea in plain terms: what problem in a golfer's swing or ball flight it's trying to solve, and why an adjustable clubhead is the chosen approach.]

 Key result: [Summarise the headline outcome once you have one — e.g. the range of
          angle adjustment achieved, or a test result from the range.]

Design challenge

[Describe the constraints you're working within — swing speed and impact forces the mechanism must survive, weight and balance limits before the club feels different to swing, size constraints within a standard clubhead, and how quickly the angle needs to adjust during the swing.]

Adjustment range [e.g. ±X° of loft]

Response time [e.g. within the downswing]

Added weight [vs a standard clubhead]

Actuation method [e.g. mechanical, spring-loaded, motorised]

Design solution

[Explain how the mechanism actually works — what triggers the angle change (swing speed, centrifugal force, an active sensor and actuator, etc.), and how that motion is translated into the clubface rotating or tilting.]

Key components

[Component 1]: [material, role in the mechanism]
[Component 2]: [material, role in the mechanism]
[Component 3]: [material, role in the mechanism]

Calculations & analysis

[Summarise the analysis behind the design once it exists — swing dynamics, impact loading, FEA on the pivot or hinge, or testing of the adjustment mechanism.]

[Calculation or analysis 1]
[Calculation or analysis 2]
[Calculation or analysis 3]

Manufacturing approach

[Describe how the clubhead and mechanism are being made — 3D printing for prototyping, machined components for the final version, off-the-shelf hardware you're incorporating, and so on.]

 Manufacturing note: [Flag anything notable about how it's built — a tricky
          tolerance, a material choice that solved a specific problem, or a manufacturing constraint that
          shaped the design.]

Project photos / further design details

Skills developed

[Skill 1 — e.g. mechanism design]
[Skill 2 — e.g. impact/dynamics analysis]
[Skill 3 — e.g. CAD and prototyping]
[Skill 4]

Reflection

[Once the project has progressed, reflect on what was hardest to get right, what you'd change with hindsight, and what you learned that you'll carry into future projects.]