| Rattler | |
| The Rattler | |
| Location | Six Flags Fiesta Texas |
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| Park section | Crackaxle Canyon |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | March 14, 1992 |
| Type | Wood - Twister |
| Manufacturer | RCCA |
| Designer | John Pierce |
| Model | Custom |
| Track layout | Terrain |
| Lift/launch system | Chain |
| Height | 179 ft (55 m) |
| Drop | 124 ft (38 m) |
| Length | 5,080 ft (1,550 m) |
| Max speed | 65 mph (105 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:26 |
| Max vertical angle | 61.4° |
| Max G force | 3.6 |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 0 in (122 cm) |
| Flash Pass Available | |
| Rattler at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Rattler at RCDB | |
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The Rattler is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, TX.
The Rattler is located in the Western-themed Crackaxle Canyon area of Fiesta Texas, sitting next to the Road Runner Express, with which Rattler intertwines. The coaster spends much of its course atop the cliffs surrounding the park and includes a long tunnel through a quarry wall after its mid-course brake run. Furthermore, The Rattler features a huge, 900° helix atop a high cliff after its infamous second drop/fan curve.
When it debuted in 1992, it was the tallest and fastest wooden coaster in the world, with a height of 179 feet (55 m), a first drop of 166 feet (51 m) and a top speed of 73 mph (117 km/h), outdoing its then rival, Mean Streak at Ohio's Cedar Point Amusement Park. It held this title for several years until the debut of Son of Beast at Ohio's Kings Island. The Rattler is currently the world's fourth tallest wooden coaster but has fallen out of the top ten in drop, although it would still rank third in this category had its first drop not been drastically shortened from 166 to 124 feet (51 to 38 m), reducing its top speed to 65 mph (105 km/h), several years after its opening. The coaster's original plans never called for such a large first drop, but construction of Ohio's Mean Streak prompted the hasty design change.
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