Iron Shark (Galveston Pier)

[Simba]

Iron Shark is a steel roller coaster now open at Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier. It is the first of its kind in the state of Texas.
It was designed by German company Gerstlauer, based on the company's custom Euro-Fighter model. The roller coaster will feature a 100-foot (30 m) lift-hill/drop above the pier and some parts of the roller coaster over the Gulf of Mexico. The ride features four inversions (Immelmann loop, Dive loop, Overbank and Inclined loop)

[Thekingin64]

That does look really fun!

[Simba]

[Thekingin64]

What do you expect from a small park with no space? For the amount of space it takes up this is a very long ride.

[Simba]

[XYZ]

Iron Shark doesn't have a banana roll, it has an overbank/inside top hat.

This is a banana roll:


Not this:


Photo Credits:
-Roller Coaster Database
-Coasterblog

[Thekingin64]

Plus, technically it's an inclined loop.

That's definatly an overbank though.

[Simba]

Onride pov:

It looks extremely quick and like most Eurofighter's very rough.

[Thekingin64]

Yea, definitely an inclined loop and inside top hat. The roughness could be how unstedy the camera is though.

[XYZ]