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> "just short the generator coils and you have a free brake"

You'll soon end up with a burning/melted generator.

> "pump some water in a loop"

OK, but you're going to need huge pumps (1000+ MW!). Expensive.

> "or discharge through some resistors"

Again, you'll need extremely large resistors, and a way to dissipate an awful lot of heat. We're talking about a huge amount of energy here!




Pump water in a loop through a radiator to cool the braking generators and the resistor bank :P

Could try also melting some salt on the side.


sadly, my searches for "gigawatt resistor" and "gigawatt electric load" have been fruitless.


try "reserve ultimate heat sink" instead of "gigawatt resistor"




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