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 The lift hill |
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| Location | Six Flags Over Texas |
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| Type | Steel - Hypercoaster |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | April 27, 2001 |
| Manufacturer | Giovanola |
| Designer | Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmgH |
| Model | Cosmic Coaster |
| Track layout | steel |
| Lift/launch system | chain |
| Height | 245 feet (74.7 m) |
| Drop | 255 feet (77.7 m) |
| Length | 5,312 feet (1,619 m) |
| Max speed | 85 miles per hour (137 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 3:30 |
| Max vertical angle | 65° |
| Capacity | 1600 riders per hour |
| Max g force | 4.5 |
| Height restriction | 48 inches (122 cm) |
| Titan at RCDB Pictures of Titan at RCDB |
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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 a 540 degree helix which leads to the mid-course break run. Next, trains maneuver an overbanked turn, followed by the 2nd 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. [1] 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.
