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I think that first drop looks delicious personally! It will be very interesting to see how this ends up riding, as I would imagine some other parks with rougher, bigger woodies will be paying close attention to the results. This company could see a boom in business if this all works out as hoped.

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This is a ROUGH estimate of the Giants new layout from what we know so far, I found the lift hill helix the part i knew the least about, and wasnt sure what there going to do with the break run, also using rct3 which has its limitations, but none the less enjoy.
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Wow that looks intense. The track looks really strange to me now because there are no handrails. But, are there even going to be since the track is steel?

 

Yes, there will be handrails on at least one side. The first turn already has one, and all track ties on the lift are sticking out to install the catwalk on the right hand side, however the double up looks to have the catwalk on the left. Steel track doesn't mean it doesn't need catwalks either. Look and any mine ride, or Gemini for example.

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Re: Texas Giant Rehabilitation 2010

by B-RadG » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:17 pm

 

TRIM IT! No, not really. Looks pretty awesome. I've yet to experience a wooden coaster with a parabolic drop (lame) and I'm really intrigued to find out the rest of the layout.

 

 

Trying way too hard to sound intelligent!

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^Enough people try too hard to sound not intelligent (or maybe there's no effort involved), so I gotta level the playing field.

 

But for real. It's steel track. No wood involved. I really don't see how anyone could still consider it wooden track.

 

It's still a hybrid. Wood is involved for the support structure. Ravine Flyer II isn't necessarily a wooden, it's hyrbrid. Exaclibur isn't steel, it's a hybrid.

 

I'm irritated of hearing everyone complaining if it's steel or woodie. It's a hybrid, a mix of both; it is what it is. I can say the same for everyone who complains about El Toro not being a Wooden Coaster. It is a Wooden Coaster, it's made out of wood. Go figure. Can you all stop having a pathetic argument about this please?

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I'm fairly certain we've actually gone over this before on the thread - there will eventually need to be a consensus as to what this design will be called. Although, since there isn't a "governing body" for this type of thing (I.E. Cedar Point coining it's own phrases for hyper/giga etc.)

 

I believe the term being thrown around was "Super-Hybrid Wooden Coaster" for this installation. It seemed to group all the so called controversial, "is it a woodie / is it not?" into their own separate, yet all-inclusive category.

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It's still a hybrid. Wood is involved for the support structure. Ravine Flyer II isn't necessarily a wooden, it's hyrbrid. Exaclibur isn't steel, it's a hybrid.

 

I'm irritated of hearing everyone complaining if it's steel or woodie. It's a hybrid, a mix of both; it is what it is. I can say the same for everyone who complains about El Toro not being a Wooden Coaster. It is a Wooden Coaster, it's made out of wood. Go figure. Can you all stop having a pathetic argument about this please?

 

 

The classification of wood and steel coasters is defined by the composite of the track not the structure.

 

Until someone develops track that is made of both steel and wood there is no such thing as a hybrid.

 

Granted when technology allows for a plastic polymer track material in the future we have a whole new debate.

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A hybrid roller coaster is a roller coaster design in which the track is made from a different material from the structure. The most common is the wooden tracked hybrid. Alternatively, some coasters are steel tracked hybrid coasters with a wooden structure.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_roller_coaster

Its wiki but I agree

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