Titan (roller coaster)

Infobox roller coaster
name= Titan


caption=The lift hill
location= Six Flags Over Texas
section=
type= Steel
type2= Hypercoaster
status= Open
opened= April 27, 2001
manufacturer= Giovanola
designer= Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmgH
model=Hypercoaster
track= steel
lift= chain
height= 245
drop= 255
length= 5312
speed= 85
inversions= 0
duration= 3:30
angle= 65
capacity= 1600
cost=$45,000,000
acceleration=
gforce=4.5
restriction= 48
rcdb_number= 742

Titan is a hyper coaster located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas.

Ride Layout

Titan begins by lifting riders up a 245 foot hill and then takes a 255 foot drop entering a 120 foot tunnel. Immediately after the tunnel, riders are taken through a large Carousel turn. Following the Carousel turn, riders encounter a large camel back. The train subsequently enters an uphill 540 degree helix which leads to the mid-course brake run. Next, trains maneuver an overbanked turn, followed by the 2nd, downhill, 540 degree helix. Afterwards, the trains navigate an over-banked turn to the left and then another to the right. Finally, the trains are brought to a stop by the final brake run and riders unload. (Titan is almost identical to Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain, but it is 10 ft taller and has a 540 degree helix before the mid-course brakes.)

Titan's supports used 2.8 million pounds of steel to manufacture. [http://www.sixflags.com/overTexas/Rides/Titan.aspx] When it was built, the Titan was the longest roller coaster ever to be built at a Six Flags Inc. park.

Titan is one of only two Giovanola hyper coasters. Its sister, Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain, was built a year prior to Titan. The two coasters are nearly identical except for an extra helix and slight height difference featured on Titan.

References

External links

* [http://www.sixflags.com/overTexas/Rides/Titan.aspx Titan's Official Page From Six Flags Over Texas]
* [http://www.metacafe.com/watch/360497/pov_of_texas_titan_roller_coaster/ POV Video of Titan]