Texas Tornado (Six Flags AstroWorld)

Facts

Roller Coaster:			Texas Tornado (1999 to ?) Taz's Texas Tornado (3/14/1998 to 1998)
Amusement Park:			Six Flags AstroWorld (Houston, Texas, USA)
Classification:			Roller Coaster
Type:			Steel - Sit Down
Status:			Defunct SBNO from 2001 to 2002 Operated from 3/14/1998 to 2000
Relocations:			Gröna Lund as Thriller Six Flags AstroWorld as Texas Tornado Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Zonga Isla San Marcos Parque Temático as Tsunami
Builder:			Schwarzkopf
Designer:			Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Capacity:			720 riders per hour

Length:			3675'
Height:			115'
Drop:			98'
Inversions:			4
Speed:			54 mph
Max Vertical Angle:			70 Degrees
Elements:			91' 6" tall Loop 80' 7" tall Loop 56' tall Loop 48' tall Loop

Trains:			5 trains with 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.

History:			Originally purchased by German showman Oscar Bruch. It debuted as the Thriller on May 17th, 1986 at the fairground in Freiburg, Germany. For the next 11 years it mostly traveled the German fair circuit before coming to Six Flags AstroWorld.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __