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The goal is a propulsion system by means of throwing away a magnet weight and capturing this magnet weight agin after braking it hopefully without braking the whole wessel. ... maybe the coil energy could be recuperated and would not be lost.

Hello! Would it be possible to brake a magnet by means of short circuiting a coil placed at the end of a plastic tube where the magnet has been accelerated in ? Is there a conversion of magnet speed to electric current/energy inside the braking coil ? It is thaught for reusing the projectile...