Six Flags Fiesta Texas Announces Record-Breaking Iron Rattler for 2013
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[Ed. note: The following is an excerpt of a press release. -J]
Six Flags Fiesta Texas announces plans to unveil its newest addition and structural landmark as the highly anticipated hybrid coaster Iron Rattler will make its dashing debut next spring at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.
The Iron Rattler will be a unique technological marvel combining a classic wooden support structure with modern track and rails crafted of steel, allowing for unprecedented smooth and swift over-banked turns and inversions never before experienced on either a traditional steel or wooden coaster. Utilizing state-of-the-art Iron Horse Track™©® the innovative Iron Rattler will provide four over-banked turns, the most of any hybrid coaster today, and will be the first to deliver an inverted barrel roll for an awe-inspiring adventure in and around the surrounding 100-ft. quarry wall setting! The New Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas was the first-ever hybrid coaster of its kind, and it was voted the "Best New Ride" in 2011.
With its unique construction, the Iron Rattler will have:
- A staggering drop of 171 feet with an amazing drop angle of 81 degrees.
- A blazing top speed of 70 mph.
- Four over-banked turns—more than any other hybrid coaster, and the first of its kind to feature a completely inverted barrel roll.
"Six Flags has innovation as part of our DNA and the Iron Rattler will take extreme innovation to a new level with a taller drop, faster speed and steeper banks. This cutting-edge coaster truly marries the best of both classic and modern coaster designs to deliver heart-pounding thrills," said park president Martin Bozer.
The track will be constructed by Rocky Mountain Construction Group, who helped design the New Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas. Tim Baldwin, Editor, Rollercoaster! Magazine stated, "The Rattler's transformation is expected to be nothing short of spectacular. This innovation is so new in the amusement industry; it has only been done once before. The results were tremendous, and Fiesta Texas' project should be equally amazing."
The original Rattler wooden coaster was Six Flags Fiesta Texas' only major coaster when the park opened in 1992 and offered its farewell run on August 5, 2012. Construction on the Iron Rattler is already underway and will take approximately eight months to complete. For more information about the new Iron Rattler (including a video) visit www.sixflags.com/fiestatexas PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1m5ED)
Read the entire press release on PR Newswire.
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The gravy industry in Texas will certainly get a boost with the influx of enthusiasts to their fine state including myself.
I'm sheriff of this here rollercoaster.
Okay. You guys are right. Replacing wooden track with track made from I-beams, giving it a more predictable and smooth enough ride to be able to perform elements never before tried on a wooden coaster, like over banked turns and inversions, using a traditional wooden coaster train, is totally not a new technology.
Or something. :D
-Travis
www.youtube.com/TSVisits
LostKause said:
Or something. :D
I believe that "something" you're referring to is Maverick. :)
On topic, this ride looks crazy great. I very much enjoyed New Texas Giant, and I'm pleased that another similar ride that seemed like a giant waste of lumber can get a new lease on life.
Come on, Mean Streak!
13 Boomerang, 9 SLC, and 8 B-TR clones
giving it a more predictable and smooth enough rid
Nice put down. Too bad you haven't had the chance to ride one of the most amazing rides ever built (NTG) in order to back that up but I figure the rest of us are excited that Rattler,is likely going to be as good as its cousin up north.
Rattler may be greatly improved, but I doubt it can become as good as NTG (which I also have yet to ride)....for me. Texas Giant had a fabulous layout....there was more to work with. Rattler had the quarry to work with, and did some really nice elements (the tunnel...wow) - but didn't really have airtime hills.
That being said, I think it will be a really good ride, and a vast improvement.
Put down?
I know it was a run-on sentence and all, but you totally misunderstood my humor. Are you drunk?
-Travis
www.youtube.com/TSVisits
Texas Giant didn't really have air hills in its first incarnation, but the double up after the first drop and the super launch hill before the MCBR on NTG pretty much came out of no where. The new Rattler appears to have a couple of those moments (where a regular upslope was converted into a double up).
Hobbes: "What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do?"
Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."
All I know is that I was so impressed that TNTG that I plan on taking the family back to Texas next year.
Before you can be older and wiser you first have to be young and stupid.
See ya in 2023 Iron Rattler (As well as any other new coaster to open in Texas between now and then)! ;)
I think SFFT & SFMM will be the parks to beat in 2013. Obviously Cedar Point will be right up there with Gatekeeper. but the Rattler looks like it will be quite a ride.
I didn't do it! I swear!!
That's cool that everyone was right about the Rattlerbeing redone like NTG. I like this trend and hope it continues outside of Texas. It could really give crappy wooden coasters a new life, and it is the best possible way to recycle.
"Look at us spinning out in the madness of a roller coaster" - Dave Matthews Band
Nah. The best possible way to recycle is to call Dorney.
The amusement park rises bold and stark..kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
http://support.gktw.org/site/TR/CoastingForKids/General?px=1248054&...fr_id=1372
For those who haven't seen it, Dorney does take recycling seriously! :
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cVF2LlOx6Zc/TBLJOOnMC_I/AAAAAAAAMUU/MJso7xRLFXg/s1600/DemonDropTee.jpg
Jason Hammond said:
Will G said:
The Outlaw Run at Silver Dollar City is still better with the outter banked turn and double barrel roll.
So you've already ridden both coasters to be able to compare them? Let me know when your done with your time machine, I want to see what next weeks lottery numbers are.
No one will take you seriously if you can't even use the correct "you're" when insulting someone.
Hatham
Microsoft
St. Louis, MO
Fun, I didn't even click on the link, but I'm sure I know what it is. Gotta be the "We Recycle" Demon Drop t-shirt, right?
The amusement park rises bold and stark..kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
http://support.gktw.org/site/TR/CoastingForKids/General?px=1248054&...fr_id=1372
Hatham.al said:
No one will take you seriously if you can't even use the correct "you're" when insulting someone.
No one will take you seriously with 3 posts trying to act like a moderator towards an established member of this website. Just sayin...
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