To be honest, after receiving Rebecca's revelation, Gawain really realized in an instant that this little "repulsion trick" was simply the biggest surprise the world had given him: simple, low-consumption, stable, and the effect was not bad.
Anyone who has contact with magic mechanisms will be familiar with this basic magic: whether it is a magic door that opens automatically or something else, as long as there is a structure that needs to be pushed in the mechanism, there will definitely be "repulsion tricks" Exist, but how much power can it output? As a kind of spell, its power depends entirely on how much magic power you can provide and the performance of the magic material itself. In Gao Wen's opinion, its conversion efficiency is extremely high: the gate of the treasure house in the mountain is made of heavy purple steel. Casting, a single door leaf weighs several tons, and the ancient mechanism that controls the opening and closing of the door leaf can be easily operated without mechanical optimization. Of course, this is because the ancient Gondor Empire has black technology, and their purified magic crystals The performance is terrible, but the contemporary "inferior products" are not bad, and magic traps that can push boulders all over the ground are not too rare!
And all these magic mechanisms, their use of the repulsive circle is actually quite primitive and clumsy—that is, the route of Li Dazhu flying, in the spirit of vigorously performing miracles, using the repulsive circle to forcefully push, and almost never consider using lever gears and the like stuff to optimize...
So Gawain had high expectations for the magic engine. He believed that even if he used cheap materials to build the engine, the power it could provide would be inconceivable.
And after the "piston version" of the magic energy engine was discussed, before Rebecca and Hetty completed the transformation and detailed demonstration of the blueprint, he thought of further using the repulsive magic circle and expanding it to a structure similar to an electric motor superior.
The motor composed of a stator and a rotor naturally has additional advantages: its structure is relatively simple, and the failure rate is greatly reduced; when it starts, the "repulsion point" on the rotor can directly operate at full load, and the starting torque is very large, unlike pistons. The starting torque of the traditional engine is insufficient, and the torque can reach the maximum after the speed is increased; its volume can be compressed to a small size, and it has a higher volumetric efficiency ratio when it is also powered by the magic net; thanks to the magic technology Particularity, the "rotor-type magic energy engine" does not need electric brushes, nor does it need a "toggle device" for frequently switching rune triggers, which reduces the failure rate and improves the overall life of the machine (because Very few wear parts), pretty good deal…
But it also has obvious disadvantages—regardless of the advantages and disadvantages of electric motors and internal combustion engines on the earth, only from the technology of "this world", the rotor-type magic energy engine in Gawain's concept needs to have a large number of "repulsion points" distribution On the entire shell, in order to ensure the balance and continuity of the afterburning process, and to put so many mutually independent magic circles together, it is necessary to ensure that they cannot interfere with each other, the output is precisely consistent, the distance from the rotor is precise, and so on, so that As a result, the technical difficulty of the engine's mechanical structure has been reduced, but the difficulty of drawing the magic circle has been increased, and the latter... the required technical talents are more difficult to train. This aspect is more complicated than the mechanical aspect. Much more trouble.
But no matter what, this idea is extremely attractive, and it is impossible for Gawain to give up on it.
So he took a blank piece of paper from the side, and under the curious gazes of Amber, Rebecca, and Hetty, he quickly sketched a sketch.
An annular shell, an inner rotor with many inclined blades (objects of repulsion), and many symmetrically distributed repulsion circles on the shell...
Its structure is as simple as that.
"This is..." Hetty raised her eyebrows and said curiously and hesitantly.
Gao Wen put down his pen, and said with a little excitement: "The second generation machine."
The other three people at the scene were dumbfounded, and after a long while, Amber looked at Gao Wen like looking at a monster: "How did your brain grow?"
"Don't insult my ancestor!" Rebecca immediately became angry when she heard this, she picked up the staff and put the head of the staff on Amber's forehead, but she also turned her head and asked, "Master Ancestor, what is your brain?" How long?"
Gao Wen: "..."
Rebecca didn't realize it until two seconds later, quickly put away her staff and apologized honestly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Zu, I can't speak out of my mind..."
"No, that's not the problem." The half-elf lady who survived the headshot crisis with the iron rod was not at all peaceful, and continued to exclaim with her eyes wide open, "We haven't even finished discussing your first-generation sketches here, you You actually managed to get a second generation out of nowhere? And no matter in terms of principle or structure, it doesn’t look like it was born by a real mother at all... Don’t you have a lot of sketches waiting in your mind?!”
Gao Wen almost choked his saliva into his bronchi: Is this guy caught by accident once
"It's just an immature idea." He quickly restrained his expression that was about to collapse, and looked at Hetty, who was more thoughtful. "Its principle is very simple. What do you think is its feasibility?"
"It's really much simpler, and the theoretical feasibility is very high... But it may not be easy to do it in practice," Hetty saw the problem with just a glance, and the answer was exactly the same as Gawain's idea, "A large number of repulsive magic circles Arranged together, and this symmetrical and tight arrangement is almost specially prepared for magical resonance, they will 100% interfere with each other, and whether they can move after activation is a problem."
"If the diameter becomes larger, the distance of each 'repulsion point' also becomes larger?"
"... The feasibility is still not high. I can understand what you mean. These repulsion points must be 'relayed' continuously in order to push the rotating part in the middle with maximum efficiency. Therefore, no matter how far they are, their distance is limited. Instead of extending the distance, It’s better to find a way to add an anti-magic structure between the magic circles to shield interference, but in this way... the cost may be terrifying.”
Gao Wen immediately twitched the corner of his mouth with toothache: Forbidden magic materials, even the cheapest ones are precious metals in magic materials, if they are really used in mass-produced machines, then even if he dies on the spot, he will be buried, Rebecca I can't afford to collect tickets with Heidi for people from all over the country to visit... By the way, what kind of metaphor is this
"Then let's do a prototype research if you have spare capacity, which can also be regarded as technology accumulation," Gao Wen sighed, "First get the piston prototype, and hand over most of its parts to Hammer and his apprentices. They can all be built by hand, and the more difficult parts and the repulsion mechanisms are handed over to the new rune craftsmen. Remember, the first machine should not consider the cost, as long as it can run safely and stably, we will succeed—and in It’s not even a problem to sacrifice some performance on this basis.”
Hetty and Rebecca left with a lot of blueprints. Considering the administrative pressure on the former, Gawain handed over the main task of manufacturing the magic engine prototype to Rebecca, while Hetty still only provided some technical support. , this once again made Rebecca very happy.
After both of them left the tent, Gawain gathered up the remaining drawings and handed them to Betty, who was squatting on the nearby ground and practicing writing with twigs: "Put them away. By the way, I'll let the carpenter I made a small desk for you, and it will be delivered to your tent in the evening, and by the way, there is also a set of stationery and some white paper—save for it.”
Betty took the sheepskin bag containing the blueprints and was stunned for a moment, then showed a particularly happy expression, bowed vigorously and almost threw herself forward: "Thank you, master~! You are so kind!"
The little maid almost jumped and ran away.
Gawain looked at the bouncing back of the little maid with a smile on his face, couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, and the eyes of Amber next to him became strange: "I'm surprised, you are so busy all day long, and you still have time to take care of this girl." Stupid girl... Is it possible that your real hobby is this? Hey - guys like you are popular with shooting your own maids... oh, oh, oh, it hurts!"
Gao Wen pinched Amber's ear hard, and he was not angry: "What kind of hobby is it? I just like that kid's hardworking, studious and motivated spirit. Can't your mind be clearer?"
Amber looked at Gao Wen angrily while rubbing her ears: "Don't you usually say that I have a clean mind?"
Gao Wen: "... I meant that your mind is blank and you are incapable of learning!!"
"Huh? Didn't you praise me for a long time?!"
Gawain glanced at the shameful half-elf, and walked towards the tent door.
As expected, Amber couldn't hold back her curiosity and followed her: "What are you doing? Are you going to secretly eat delicious food? Take me one!"
After Gao Wen waited for Amber to catch up, he said casually, "Go talk to that big iron ball. It has been lying in the tent for so long, so it should be willing to say something to me."
When Amber heard this, she immediately lost interest: "Oh, then I won't go..."
After Gao Wen fished it out, he put the thing under his arm and prepared to take it away.
But this time he failed: Amber, who had already been tossed like this once before, had experience, and had already disappeared into the shadows the moment he was caught. Gawain felt his hand was empty, and the half-elf thief had already run more than ten meters away. outside.
"Go and have a heart-to-heart talk with Qiu~" Amber stood in the distance and yelled proudly, "I'm going to find Betty for dinner~~"
Gao Wen couldn't help but look at this "name guard" who went his own way, waved his hands and turned to leave.
In front of the special tent in the south of the camp, Gawain asked the guard about the metal ball: "What's the matter with that guy in the tent?"
"No," the conscientious soldier straightened up and replied, "We have been guarding here, and the ancient magic device just stayed in the tent obediently, and has no intention of going out."
Ancient magic device, this is Gawain's explanation to the soldiers who witnessed the metal sphere, and now it seems that this explanation has been accepted by them.
After casually encouraging the soldiers who were conscientiously standing guard, Gao Wen stepped into the tent.
The metal ball was floating in the center of the tent, about half a meter above the ground, looking like a sci-fi floating device.
But this sci-fi-like ball said obsessively: "Oh my god, I thought you forgot about leaving me here! There are only a group of stupid soldiers standing guard around, or that annoying little boy The old man comes in, or the female human who likes to wear a red dress comes in, it’s boring. Let me tell you, if I didn’t pay attention to my promises, I would have left early today... "
Gawain ignored Qiu's nagging, and went straight to the latter: "I'm here to chat with you today, and I need to confirm one thing first—you, you shouldn't be from here...Qiu, right?"