the texas giant was the tallest wooden roller coaster at six flags over texas in 1990.
the texas giant was the tallest wooden roller coaster at six flags over texas in 1990.
what is the tallest wooden roller coaster at six flags over texas in 1990?
the texas giant
in 1988, charlie dinn started a partnership with curtis d. summers to design and build new wooden coasters. between 1988 and 1991, the pair designed and built 10 new wooden coasters. while most were of typical wooden coaster size, a few set coaster records. hercules at dorney park, built in 1989, had the tallest wooden coaster drop at 150 feet. texas giant at six flags over texas and mean streak at cedar point were large wooden coasters with similar layouts, with the later opening as the tallest wooden coaster in the world at 161 feet. after a dispute during construction of pegasus at efteling, dinn corporation closed down and the partnership ended.
wooden roller coaster
section::::world records.









































bullet::::- previous world records









































bullet::::- fastest roller coaster until 1988 (7 years)









































bullet::::- largest drop on a roller coaster until 1988 (7 years) (succeeded by shockwave)









































bullet::::- tallest wooden roller coaster until 1985 (4 years)









































bullet::::- fastest wooden roller coaster until 2000 (19 years)









































bullet::::- largest drop on a wooden roller coaster until 1989 (8 years) (succeeded by hercules at dorney park & wildwater kingdom)









































bullet::::- current world records









































bullet::::- fastest racing wooden roller coaster









































bullet::::- longest racing wooden roller coaster









































bullet::::- tallest racing wooden roller coaster









































bullet::::- largest drop on a racing wooden roller coaster









































section::::construction.
american eagle (roller coaster)