jordang

I thought it was a tad odd too - but even on the dreamworld mainpage they have "your dream wedding" stuff, so it's a market they're aiming for...

Hey Nebuchanezzar, have a look at this: still a bit confusing for the physics newby (i.e. me) but it helped a bit. http://www.d303.org/schools/scn/stcnacad/s...urj/content.htm

So basically, the only way the brakes fail is if the laws of physics fail. Probably not gonna happen. :-) Thanks so much guys!!

Yeah, just curious how the electromagnetic braking system works - My understanding (i.e. that of a first-class newby :-) ) is that the gondolas have magnets on the back of each car and then the tower has some form of opposing magnet against it towards the bottom for braking. So are these magnets power dependent, or for example if the entire park had a huge power failure (just hypothetically) while the gondona was on the way down, the magnets would still work o.k?

Hi guys, My first post here - so apologies if this has been asked previously (i did do a search and couldn't find anything).. Was wondering if anyone can describe how the 'failsafe' brakes works on the Giant Drop at dreamworld? Just a curiousity, thats all!