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Six Flags Over Texas | Tormenta | B&M Dive Coaster | 2026

I'm definitely interested to see how the sightlines shake out as we get to full form. Will still be such an imposing view greeting visitors as they drive into the parking lot - top marks for placement.
 
Nice update photo:

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Jeffrey Siebert on Instagram: "As the sun sets, Tormenta’s anticipation continues to grow, and soon, Six Flags Over Texas will be in an elite class of parks by having the 2nd most coasters over 200’ in the USA! @sixflagsovertexas"

820 likes, 17 comments - siebertjeffrey on January 11, 2026: "As the sun sets, Tormenta’s anticipation continues to grow, and soon, Six Flags Over Texas will be in an elite class of parks by having the 2nd most coasters over 200’ in the USA! @sixflagsovertexas".
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As is ever the problem with big coasters (and more so big B&M's I think) - I think the sense of scale of this is lost. Kinda wild to think most park's flagship/biggest coaster is ~2/3rds this height...!
 
I was just thinking that too. Like in that photo without any other ride for reference it doesn't look any bigger than say, SheiKra
 
I think you need to have other things there to really gain a frame of reference. Just having the ride there in isolation makes it look like a regular wide Dive Coaster.

It is mad to think that we’re finally getting a giga dive coaster, though! Does anyone remember the Yukon Striker construction thread where that YouTuber was doggedly suggesting that that would be one? I bet he finally feels vindicated!
 
For some reason, I still think these look ever so slightly odd with a beyond vertical drop.

I don’t know why; perhaps it’s just having gotten used to the 90° drop on so many over the years?
 
Magic-Man said:
Is it just me, or does that look sharper than a normal immelmann? I feel like the top is weirdly narrow.
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Actionguy01 said:
It does look pretty sharp.
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I wonder if this is a train momentum thing. These trains tend to lose a lot of speed, so maybe they're tightening the top up a lot more to account for this. Something perhaps so visible here due to the scale.
 
I think the inversion point on the immelmann has been pushed back which makes it look way more dynamic. In the pictures above, you can see riders are still completely inverted past the apex of the loop. Then you get a tighter, steeper twist out of the inversion. The first immelmann on Wrath of Rakshasa has similar shaping:

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Compare that to other designs where the track begins to bank *before* the apex of the loop with a much gentler pullout:

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What I've been starting to wonder is, do any of you remember when Steel Dragon 2000 came out, and they had to have 2 separate chain runs on the lift hill? Their explanation was that a single chain couldn't handle the weight of the train over such a long distance because the lift hill was too long/tall?

Has something changed? Because that always seemed a bit BSy to me.

B&M now has 3 coasters over 300 feet tall, and they don't seem to have a problem using a single chain on their lift hills.
 
CaliAngel said:
B&M now has 3 coasters over 300 feet tall, and they don't seem to have a problem using a single chain on their lift hills.
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I'm sure there are other factors but one thing to take into account is that all B&M gigas (especially this dive) have significantly steeper (and thus shorter in length) lift hills, SD2K has a very gradual lift angle old school style.
 
Boodangy said:
I'm sure there are other factors but one thing to take into account is that all B&M gigas (especially this dive) have significantly steeper (and thus shorter in length) lift hills, SD2K has a very gradual lift angle old school style.
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Some crude maths, gives you:
Steel Dragon - lift height = 97m, lift length (plan) = 173m, chain length = 198m (each direction)
Fury 325 - lift height = 99m, lift length (plan) = 132m, chain length = 132m (each direction)
So Fury's chain is ~17% shorter. Not insignificant, but my gut feel is unlikely to be the driving factor.

Some other random thoughts:
• Train weight? The original SD2000 trains are pretty beefy.
• Did the chain get downgraded at some point? This POV from a few years ago (following the train modifications) doesn't appear to have two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqBOOcSK8Z8 , but a brief look at a very old video looks the same so... where's the second chain?
• Confidence in the engineering? SD2000 was pushing the boundaries of a chain lift when it opened, if my foggy coaster history brain is right.

Would love to get into this a bit more - love this geeky stuff.
 
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