OK, so how about those Brooms Sticks......

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> 
wrote:
> There has to be some kind 
> of dampening field involved, similar to the one protecting people 
> aboard the starship Enterprise when it goes zooming around the 
galaxy 
> (Trek fans will know what I mean, seriously obessive Trek fans will 
> know the specs and schematics of the system and own the tech 
> manual...guess which kind of fan I am.

I'm not sure what the ST version's called, but in "Star Wars" they're 
called inertial compensators; the level usually is infinitely 
adjustable between off, full or any percentage,  via a dial on the 
control panel. 
 Which begs the question; where do they put the dial on a broomstick?

Oh well, maybe JKR will explain it to us seriously obsessive HP fans 
in "Quidditch Through The Ages" !