I think it was called Iron Willie and it might have belonged to Meucci
- By Brother Ron
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Do any of these devices also measure how far the tip of the shaft itself bends offline without losing contact with the cue ball and causing a miscue?I have the VHS of Bob's Myth Destroyer somewhere on a shelf. It's probably on youtube now. Bob's device was not legit, because he was shooting the CB into the OB, and seeing how far off-line the OB hit the rail. Predator's Iron Willie, and all the other cue testing robots made, only shot the CB, and measured how far it squirted sideways.
Do any of them measure how much the shaft bends while the tip maintains its position?
Tip deflection VS shaft flexing would be an interesting study when used with studying ball deflection as well as ball spin.
Anytime contact is maintained through accelerated impact more friction is created resulting in more spin being applied to the cue ball.
Just like the shaft on a golf club that flexes and then springs back resulting in greater impact on the golf ball causing greater distance -
A cue shaft that flexes in the middle and then springs back through impact creating more speed while maintaining contact will have an affect on the end result.