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Chapter 877: Broom Design
🕑 Added 2023-09-30 11:09:09 +0000 UTCThe design of the new broom was also proceeding step by step, and Evan assigned tasks to everyone.
They first disassembled all the brooms they could find, compared them with the books they’d bought, studied their operating principles and excellent design concepts, and drew drawings. These broom parts were all piled up in the small living room just cleaned out on the first floor.
In less than a week, they took apart a very large number of broomsticks.
In the words of Fred and George, this was probably the most exciting thing they’d ever done in their lives.
At the same time, it was also the most prodigal loss. These broomsticks were not cheap and had a high collection value.
After being dismantled by them, especially since Evan wanted to open the core parts for research, their value was greatly reduced.
Although they would assemble them back later, many sophisticated devices and magic had been affected and lost their function.
In order to prevent being researched by peers, many broomsticks had been enchanted with spells that would destroy them if opened.
These spells had been cast on various parts of the brooms, with different effects and triggers.
At first, Evan tried to crack a part of them, but the failure rate was high. When he opened them, there was nothing left in them.
Although they asked Mad-Eye Moody for help to use his magical eye to tell all the abnormal parts of the magic power inside, the success rate of dismantling the core part was still very low. It was not until Bill joined the research team that this changed.
Because of his many years of work experience, he was very experienced in breaking curses and was also very knowledgeable about broomsticks.
He helped Evan deftly break or counter those curses, and disassemble the core part of the broomsticks. Without Bill's help, things would not have been so smooth.
In order to fight Voldemort more conveniently, Bill had applied for transfer back to work in the British headquarters.
After Zoser’s incident, the Gringotts goblins in Egypt were probably eager for him to leave, so his application was quickly approved. He had not been assigned a task from the Order of the Phoenix for the time being, so he worked with Evan and the others to study and design a new broomstick.
Besides, it was also worth mentioning that when Harry knew that it would cost about five thousand Gold Galleons to buy a Firebolt, he willingly donated his Firebolt for Evan’s research, otherwise their current funds would definitely be insufficient.
The price of the Firebolt had always been kept secret, and would be revealed only at request.
In fact, Evan didn't expect the Firebolt to be so expensive. It cost a huge sum of money.
A good broom would not cost a hundred Gold Galleons, but a Firebolt cost five thousand Gold Galleons.
These gold coins could be piled together to build a mountain of gold, especially considering that when Sirius bought it for Harry, the Firebolt had just come out, and the price was much more expensive than it was now. It had to be amazing.
No wonder even Malfoy could only look at Harry's Firebolt with envy instead of asking his father to buy one.
As a precaution, Evan did not disassemble the Firebolt to view its internal brake trim.
Anyway, the previous brooms had given him enough ideas. He combined traditional design concepts with alchemy, and began to try to make a new flight braking device and mind-sensing device. These two devices were the core of a broom.
As the fastest broom, the Firebolt could reach 150 miles per hour.
Regardless of other factors, Evan's own braking device could easily exceed this speed, but this was not compatible with other aspects of the broom, resulting in stall phenomenon, and the safety performance could not be satisfied.
Finally, he temporarily adjusted the speed to 130 miles per hour.
In this way, the braking device could continuously increase the power of the broom without losing power during climbing.
As a supplement, Evan also added an extra brake.
Usually, depending on one normal flight and turning on the other when acceleration was needed, the speed could be rapidly doubled to 260 miles per hour.
Although it did not last for a long time, this was still a brand new breakthrough.
Harry said that the design was very good, and if he had a choice, he would rather prefer this broom to the Firebolt.
For Seekers, they did not need to fly fast most of the time, but to be able to accelerate at crucial moments.
After solving the flight speed, they encountered the problem of altitude.
Evan referred to the broom that could fly highest at present, the Moontrimmer, adding three small magic brakes at the end of the broom.
As a result, their new broom kept a 45-degree inclination, and the portability of the broom was greatly reduced, which had to be re-studied.
There were also many problems to be solved in terms of durability and resistance to strong winds.
The only thing Evan was satisfied with was the mind-sensing device he designed. He added some Dark magic thoughts to it. The new broom was more sensitive than all brooms currently on the market and could clearly feel the user's mind.
Using the mind-sensing device, the broom seemed to be alive and became a part of the user's body.
While Evan was doing research on the core part, Hermione, Harry, Ron and Ginny were studying the balance and specific production technology of broomsticks. They referred to many books, and finally drew a new design of the broom.
The main shape was similar to that of the Silver Arrow, with good elasticity and thicker broom handle.
This was also different from the popular new brooms on the market. In recent years, the design of broomsticks had become more and more detailed. The mainstream design concept was slim and streamlined, and the broom was much less resistant, faster and more aesthetic.
Harry and Ron thought it should be so, and even increased the length of the broomstick a bit compared to the Firebolt.
But Hermione and Ginny confirmed that it should be roughened, so that the durability and resistance would be enhanced, and the safety performance would be greatly improved.
The four of them argued for a long time about the thickness.
In the end, after discussion, they decided to follow Hermione and Ginny's ideas first.
Although the ornamental value would be reduced a lot, the safety performance would indeed be improved a lot, and it would also solve the problem of resistance to strong wind and bad weather that had been plaguing Evan, allowing the new broom to fly higher and adapt to faster speed.
The enhanced texture also prevented the broom from bending and deforming due to the wear of time or faster speed.
This design was indeed very conscientious, knowing that even after the Firebolt reached its limit speed, there was a risk of disintegration.
In addition to making it thicker, Hermione and Ginny agreed to make the broom bigger.
A thicker and larger broom was more likely to be welcomed by girls. Their first consideration was safety, followed by ornamental and speed.
Evan rejected this proposal, because in this case, the production cost of the broom would greatly increase...
Considering the popularity and practicality, sometimes the thicker and bigger was not necessarily the better.
