It's Official: Texas Giant Gets A Makeover!

Lets hope not.

[slosprint]

going under a waterfall might be cool.

Originally posted by Cade
So is the new track going to be the only new thing in the Texas Giant or is there any special FX going to be added as well?

I would doubt RMC would even be involved in that if they did add some, which they probably will.

;p

Originally posted by rmcgroup

Coaster fans, thank you for your responses. The track you have seen is straight because it is the track for the lift hill. I will post pictures of the first corner track on Tues. The Texas Giant will have more air time. The track is going to be smoother because of the make up of it and the technology we have put into it. If you have any other questions we will be happy to answer them. Again, I think you will be pleasantly surprised when you ride the new hybrid.

Thx. Fred

Ah thanks, I figured the track had to be curved but that quote from an article which said the track was brought in unbent then cut in to sections and put in place threw me. Bending that shape of steel structure accurately and without loosing integrity must be a trick. I look forward to the pictures.

Have been out to the park a few times to check out the progress, and they seem to be doing a lot of work. So far, there's only track on the turn before the lift, and almost half of the lift, but it looks like they're planning on putting track in the station this week, possibly. Track has been removed from most of the ride, the structure of the helix has been removed entirely, and other parts of the structure have been partially removed, as well.

The structure for the lift has been topped off, and you can sort of see the profile of how the first drop will be. Track was removed from the lift hill last week, but now it's back in place. The gaps between sections of track have been fixed. The steel ledgers still aren't bolted to the structure.

Giant's looking pretty sick, at the moment. With the extra space between the drop and the first hill, they're putting in a killer double up.

You, sir, need a camera. lol.

I have one, I just don't feel like resizing/posting the pictures. Here's an unresized pic from today showing the whole ride (insanely short first half of double up towards the bottom of the pic):

http://houstonthrills.com/stuff/SFOT-6-25/IMG_0327.JPG

I don't like the red track...

[yoshifreak]

The first drop looks INSANE!

Update here: http://www.guidetosfot.com/features/giantreinvented/

Thats absolutely crazy. I personally love the red track. Looks hot.

[yoshifreak]

Apparently the first drop leads directly into a double up. This could be amazing!

[Coasterkidmwm]

Originally posted by ianko66

Thats absolutely crazy. I personally love the red track. Looks hot.

You are not Paris Hilton.

Uh... holy poop. That's Intamin right? Been dying to see them do a drop straight from the lift like that.

Can anyone tell that the drop TURNS??

ZOMG,that looks awesome,so in the end it'll be a prefab?

Originally posted by GerstlCrazy

That's Intamin right?

Nope. That sir is from Rocky Mountain Coasters, who are from around my neck of the woods up here in Northern Idaho . I'm proud to say that Texas has to go to Idaho to do it big .

Props to RMC, for their first major project, they certainly are making a huge impact. Not sure if people have simply lost intrest in the Giant or not, but if so, this could be the sleeper hit of 2011.

^ First we need to see what BGA and CP have up their sleeves..

I smell the start of the CP 2011 discussion!...Drop looks insane though...really can't wait to see how this thing will perform.

[SauronHimself]

It'll be a lot like an Intamin pre-fab for sure, especially with the canon 79-degree drop. This time, however, I haven't seen a 95-degree overbank on a woodie. It's also a good thing that they're making it 10ft higher since the train will need the extra potential energy to navigate the same course on a steel track.

Hint: Not a wood coaster.

Well I gotta question to RMC:What about the lats?Will the turns be so banked that they create no proper laterals?That would be sad...

I personally think that that is one SEXY profile.
The red track? meh, I could take it or leave it.