New Texas Giant - Six Flags Over Texas (Arlington, Texas, USA)

Facts

Roller Coaster:			New Texas Giant (2011 to present) Texas Giant (1990 to 2010)
Amusement Park:			Six Flags Over Texas (Arlington, Texas, USA)
Classification:			Roller Coaster
Type:			Steel - Sit Down
Status:			Operating since 4/22/2011 SBNO during 2010 Operated from 3/17/1990 to 11/1/2009
Builder:			Dinn Corporation, Rocky Mountain Construction
Designer:			Curtis D. Summers
Categories:			Hybrid (Wood Structure)
Maps:			Bing Maps (Satellite) · Google Maps (Satellite)

Length:			4,920 ft
Height:			153 ft
Drop:			147 ft
Inversions:			0
Max Vertical Angle:			79°
Elements:			95° Over-Banked Turn

Trains:			3 trains with 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.
Restrictions:			Riders must be 48 in or taller to ride.
Restraints:			Individual ratcheting lap bar.

Notes:			The Texas Giant was closed for the 2010 season for a major refurbishment in which all the wooden track was replaced with a new prefabricated steel system -- turning this former wooden roller coaster into a steel hybrid roller coaster. Some portions were reprofiled due to the dynamics of the ride changing.
			When the Texas Giant was a wooden roller coaster, the height was 143 feet with a 137 foot drop at 53 degrees and the track length was 4920 feet. The ride time as 2 minutes reaching a top speed of 62 MPH. All of these statistics would have changed when the ride was changed into a steel roller coaster. As of this writing, the Six Flags website still lists the 4920 foot length statistic and mentions the height as "10 feet taller than the original". It's assumed the drop also increased by about 10 feet which would add approximately 2 MPH to the top speed.
			The Texas Giant used 3 trains by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company prior to the refurbishment into a steel roller coaster.
Cost:			The Texas Giant was originally built at a cost of $5,500,000 USD. The refurbishment into a steel coaster is estimated at an additional 10 million USD.

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