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Good to see Yoda found a job after Star Wars

^Agreed Flea - but TB was 'the' icon for Dreamworld once upon a time. The loops were the only major attraction visible from the highway, and they certainly made an impact - especially as the heralded 'double looper'. As a coaster itself it was rough as guts, but in a way - it was 'classic' dreamworld and would easily fit the description I gave above (ie: full circuit, experiential, park is renowned for it - only questionable factor would be the 're-rideability' - however i'd argue in it's hey day it was THE most popular attraction in the park.)

S&S are a fine company. Certainly not a cheap alternative to Intamin/Mack/Vekoma -- three companies who have also had their share of incidents over the years and would be more or less equally regarded in the industry and priced accordingly. S&S certainly weren't the "cheap option". They are known for pushing boundaries and as a result have built a few lemons in their day, but they have a track record of safety and reliability consistent with the other manufacturers that you mentioned. Your engineering friend wouldn't be wrong to suggest that the forces are considerably more for these larger cars. But your friend would also have an appreciation for the amount of design, simulation and testing that would go into each and every component. Without any further information no one can determine where blame for the incident lies. But S&S's experience or history as a firm is a red herring; 20+ years is a very solid history for a company, not to mention the intellectual property they have attained through their acquisition of ride engineering pioneers like Arrow Dynamics as Slick suggested.

No idea what hydraulics they are referring to continuing to engage?? As for speed, it was the first corner after the drop, so the climb out of the dip would drop speed to a designated speed range to safely make the corner. The only way a car could enter that corner any faster than expected would be in the trim breaks between the lift Hill and drop didn't engage, or if during the drop some of the assembly had already begun to separate from the track causing less friction and natural deceleration They had ride manufacturers in the 1700s?? Why were the trying to build cars when they had rollercoasters? We could have just coasted to from city to another

If anyone knows, how much information would investigators have to go off in terms of sensor data and not just the actual train? How much information is recorded by the rides computer systems and would there be separate computers recording information on each train recording measurements from all the sensors?