X is the brand new thrill machine opening up at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA this July or August. X will reach speeds of up to 73mph and will feature a towering 88 degree, 200ft. drop! Thats almost vertical! X won't be like standard coasters. Riders will actually spin in the cars 360 degrees while flying through 6 inversions! The inversions include 2 Raven Turns, a sky dive, a twisting front flip, and 2 back flips! Below is a construction log of the awsome new ride starting from June 23rd.
JUNE 23, 2001 Photos courtesy of Tiwsted Rails X's dip before the first drop is shown here. Its still not completley finished. Here is another angle of the dip and below you can see the uncompleted brake run. Here you can see Viper and X. Don't be fooled by this photo, X is still taller than Viper. X's dip and the sunset. Here is a piece of X's track for the last section of the dip. JUNE 25, 2001 PHOTOS COURTESY OF AMERICA COASTER'S NETWORK Here is an awsome photo of the half completed first drop on X! The dip is complete too as you can see. Here is another angle of X's half complete 88 degree 200 foot first drop. On this pic, you can see the lift for X, the completed dip and the first drop which here is 1/3 done with the slope to level just starting. JUNE 27, 2001 PHOTOS COURTESY OF TWISTED RAILS! THANKS! Here you can see the now completed first drop! It looks awsome! After you level out, riders will fly through a trench as shown in the photo. There's plenty of clearence, but it doesn't look like it. Here is the trench. The workers might actually have to dig it a little deeper. Yikes! In this photo you are looking up at the towering first drop. You can (again) see the trench that you dive into. Here is a side view of the amazing first drop. You can see how close 88 degrees is close to vertical. Why didn't they just go the extra 2 degrees and make the drop 90? Here is the inside of the X's station. You can see that pole down below is part of a pole for the line. JULY 21, 2001 Photos below courtesy of Twisted Rails.com Here is a photo of X's now comlete turnaround where the train will head back in the opposite direction they were heading. Here yu can see a perfect shot of X's bunnyhop/backflip element along with the turnaround. In this pic, you can see X's bunnyhop/backflip element where the cars will spin 360 degrees backwards. Again, here is a perfect shot showing X's supports for the second and final Raven Turn. MORE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES COMING SOON! |
