It's Official: Texas Giant Gets A Makeover!

Its lookin good expecially that hill after the drop.

Found some pics..

Ah, great shapes! but I would be so much happier if they were made of wood I like Colossos (only Prefab I've ridden), although very smooth it still has that wooden feel to me. I hope the new TG will have at least a small bit of this feeling, too.

Have to agree with Pad,but this hybrid concept as well as the rails is a interresting experiment,sure it polarizes,but If it comes out like Colossos,then I'm looking forward,we should give it a chance.
And at least it is the fun(and the safety)that counts on a coaster...

i went to sixflags over texas a couple days ago and they had big banners around the station of the giant saying that the max lateral angle is now going to be 112 degrees.

^Now they really have f*cked it up.

[Mikey]

Lets just hope they figured out how to overcome the technicalities that made the 1919 steel rail prototype a dismal failure.

Steel I-Beam rails on a coaster are nothing new. See anything by Miler for instance...

http://rcdb.com/1477.htm?p=18713

Pretty much identical to the track on TG, at about half scale.

I wasn't too excited about this when they announced this but seeing the construction progress over the last couple months has changed my mind; this thing looks awesome. Obviously it's a prototype, but if everything works as well as they expect it to technically, I'm sure the ride will be a great one. That first drop and double-up look like a great start.

[Mikey]

^ Right but that uses poly wheels. It is my understanding that TG will be using standard steel wheeled trains on the ride.

Is there anything you're not 100% pessimistic about?

[Coasterkidmwm]

When he is in one of your mom's biweekly gangbangs.

Steel wheels wouldn't even work on this as far as I know, it would absolutely wreck the track. I seem to remember reading that it would be running Gerstlauer 3 bench trains outfitted with nylon wheels, but I don't know where I read that.

The steel wheels would end up sounding like this coaster I believe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL8Apql4NHA

Originally posted by TylerE

Steel I-Beam rails on a coaster are nothing new. See anything by Miler for instance...

http://rcdb.com/1477.htm?p=18713

Pretty much identical to the track on TG, at about half scale.

Well the wheels will not be running on the track like that, the track uses I beams but have a thick square on the inside of the beams, so in other words it is a steel track shaped like a wooden coasters.



And as for using metal wheels, this is NOT going to happen, no matter how many rumors you hear. Think about it, why would they use metal wheels? There are OBVIOUS reasons with running this insanely tall/fast coaster with metal wheels. Im sure the makers of the ride, who are smart enough to make it look this beautiful, and Gerstlauer, who have alot of experience with steel coasters, would be smart enough to make the coaster have nylon wheels so that the wheels and track dont get destroyed.

Edit: I just found this pic. Did you know that the drop curves to the right slightly?

I could only imagine if it had metal wheels...it'd be like a giant Miler kiddie coaster that shakes and rattles like a MOFO.

Even miller has coatings on their wheels:

Yea but they still kinda give the same feel. Lucy's Crabbie Cabbie rattles like crazy.

Miler rides are actually pretty well shaped for the most part, they're just so compact that everything is amplified so it feels really violent/shakey.

There's just no way I can see this running steel wheels. Even if it had a steel plate on top as a traditional wood coaster, it would just beat the hell out of the rails. On woodies the boards are staggered with about a half inch gap between them so the boards can give and absorb the energy. This stuff is NOT going to do that so steel wheels would just be too harsh on it. I stand by 3 bench Gerstlauer rolling stock outfitted with nylons, and likely designed to turn. I do not see this shuffling/fighting it's way through the course like a traditional wood coaster does.

Yeah, and the reason woodies can is not only that but they are lubed, if you have ever heard a not well greased wood coaster you would know how much it screaches.

[Coasterkidmwm]

It screams as loud as guitarplayer's mom when she has no lube.

Ummmmm....
Look at this pic..


Look at the supporting on the left near the lift. It looks like it is falling apart. there are peices literally HANGING out into nowhere. How will they fix all of this supporting so that it will be substantial? I just dont understand how this structure will hold up.

[slosprint]

Is it just me or does the shaping of the drop look a bit bad from this angle?

What makes it bad to you?

[slosprint]

I dunno, It just seems really, really circular.