Spaceship with extensible exhaust pipe

[Pooping_Alien]

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x = 178, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
7b5o$6bo4bo$11bo$6bo3bo$8bo2$5b3o66b3o$4bo3bo64b5o$4b2o2bo64b3ob2o$7b
2o67b2o2$5b2o$4bo2bo$4b2o3$75b3o$2b2o14bo56bo2bo$2b2o13b3o21bo18bobo
10b2o2b2o$2bo13bo2b2o20bobo2bobo10bo2bo9bo5bo$16b2o27bo2bo10bo15b3o$
31b3o9bo4bo23b2o$3b2o9bo16bo2b2o7bo2bo13b3o9bo2b3o14bo$3ob2o9b3o12b2o
3b4o5b3o26bo2bo14b3o$5o30b4o34b2o15b4o$b3o25b3o22bo$30bo3bo17bo3bo$30b
5o22bo32b4o$29b3o20bo4bo32b4o$30bo22b5o9b5o19bo$66bo4bo$71bo70b6o$66bo
3bo12b2o19bo36bo5bo$68bo11b3ob2o17b3o41bo$80b5o17b2o2bo6bo27bo4bo16b5o
$23b5o53b3o20b3o5bo2bo27b2o17bo4bo$22bo4bo84bo3bo50bo$27bo88bo13bo13bo
17bo3bo7b2o$22bo3bo85b2ob2o9b2o3bo11bobo18bo8b4o$24bo86bo4bo9bo3bo11b
2o16b3o10b2ob2o$97bo14bob3o9bo4bo10b2o14b3ob2o2bo2bo5b2o$95bo3bo13b2o
2bo9bo2b2o10b3o13bo3b2o2bo3bo$100bo15b2o9b2ob2o10b3o13bo2bo3bo4b2o$95b
o4bo28bo13bo2bo5b2o5b3o4bo3bo$96b5o12bo30b2o6b2o12bo2bo5b2o$113bo59b2o
b2o$113bo15b3o33bo7b4o$120bo7b5o30bo3bo6b2o$111b2o5bo3bo5b3ob2o21b3o
10bo$109bo4bo8bo7b2o21b5o4bo4bo$115bo2bo4bo30b3ob2o4b5o$109bo5bo3b5o
33b2o$110b6o!

This is it. Unsure if it's of any use. It basically keeps a spark alive for many periods of the ship. What in static is called a track, in a ship is called an exhaust pipe.

[DivusIulius]

Nice! It's really hmmm... mesmerizing...

[137ben]

I'm pretty sure I've seen similar spaceships before, although not this exact form. Nice, though.

[Pooping_Alien]

What about the asymmetric puffer engine used at the start?

[kiho park]

How about this c2 Herschel Track?

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x = 20, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
14b5o$14bo4bo$14bo$15bo3bo$17bo6$b3o$3bo$2bo2$3b2o$bo4bo$o$o5bo$6o!

Glider to B-Heptomino

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2bo$3o$obo$o8$9b6o$9bo5bo$9bo$10bo4bo$12b2o!

Herschel Flip

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x = 72, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
68b3o$67b5o$60b3o3b2ob3o$bo57b5o3b2o$2bo55b2ob3o$2bo56b2o$3o49b3o$51b
5o$45b2o3b2ob3o$43bo4bo2b2o$15b4o6b3o14bo$14b6o4b5o13bo5bo$13b2ob4o3b
2ob3o13b6o$14b2o8b2o!

B-Hept to rotated Herschel

[Pooping_Alien]

in QuadLife (Golly rule file is named Lifecolor), a Schick alternator can be used to make the period of any Schick-based ships/puffers/rakes rise 3x:

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x = 178, y = 53, rule = lifecolor
7.5A$6.A4.A$11.A$6.A3.A$8.A2$5.3C66.3A$4.C3.C64.5A$4.2C2.C64.3A.2A$7.
2C67.2A2$5.2C$4.C2.C$4.2C3$75.3A$2.2C14.A56.A2.A$2.2C13.3A21.C18.A.A
10.2A2.2A$2.C13.A2.2A20.C.C2.C.C10.A2.A9.A5.A$16.2A27.C2.C10.A15.3A$
31.3A9.C4.C23.2A$3.2A9.A16.A2.2A7.C2.C13.3A9.A2.3A14.C$3A.2A9.3A12.2A
3.4A5.3C26.A2.A14.3C$5A30.4A34.2A15.4C$.3A25.3A22.A$30.A3.A17.A3.A$
30.5A22.A32.4C$29.3A20.A4.A32.4C$30.A22.5A9.5A19.C$66.A4.A$71.A70.6A$
66.A3.A12.2A19.A36.A5.A$68.A11.3A.2A17.3A41.A$80.5A17.2A2.A6.A27.A4.A
16.5A$23.5A53.3A20.3A5.A2.A27.2A17.A4.A$22.A4.A84.A3.A50.A$27.A88.A
13.C13.B17.A3.A7.2A$22.A3.A85.2A.2A9.2C3.C11.A.B18.A8.4A$24.A86.A4.A
9.C3.C11.2A16.3A10.2A.2A$97.A14.A.3A9.C4.C10.2B14.3A.2A2.D2.D5.2A$95.
A3.A13.2A2.A9.C2.2C10.3B13.A3.2A2.B3.D$100.A15.2A9.2C.2C10.3B13.A2.A
3.A4.CA$95.A4.A28.C13.B2.B5.2B5.3A4.D3.B$96.5A12.A30.2B6.2B12.B2.B5.
2A$113.A59.2A.2A$113.A15.3A33.A7.4A$120.A7.5A30.A3.A6.2A$111.2A5.A3.A
5.3A.2A21.3A10.A$109.A4.A8.A7.2A21.5A4.A4.A$115.A2.A4.A30.3A.2A4.5A$
109.A5.A3.5A33.2A$110.6A!

[Pooping_Alien]

The engine used at the start was discovered by me - but I bet I only REdiscovered it.
Next, the reaction is perturbed to introduce a stepping block, that causes the next "wave" to turn into a bubble, that is then perturbed by the heavyweight into a usable spark.
It was discovered at about same time as the Tri-Engine Blinker Puffer.
About the different suggested elements, I tried the glider to b one, but its intended period is greater than the glider output of my ship, and a P48 disruptor would be quite bulky to build. As a result, it becomes a rather dirty "B-stepper", that can only be killed off, not reused in any way. The other 2 suggestions were even less useful.
Oh, wait, there's also a giant-but-useless ship with the B-stepper...

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x = 301, y = 39, rule = B3/S23
167bo$165bo3bo$14b2o154bo$11b3ob2o148bo4bo$11b5o150b5o$12b3o3$22b2o23b
o23bo23bo23bo23bo122b4o$4b2o16b2o22bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo120b6o$
b3ob2o39bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo120b4ob2o$b5o34bo6bo23bo23bo23bo
23bo26b3o96b2o16b3o$2b3o30bo3b3o21b3o21b3o21b3o56bo2b2o12b2o97b5o$34bo
b2obo3bo91b3o33bob2o9b3ob2o96b3ob2o$33bo2bo4bo2bo16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo
18bo3bo45b5o55b2o20b2o21b2o$16b2o16b4o4bobo16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo18bo3b
o29b2o2bo12b3o52b4ob2o5b2o13bo28bo2bo$16b2o18b2o5b2o16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo
5bo18bo3bo30b2o5bo63b6o6b3o10b2o18b2o13bo$39b5o91b3o32bo5bo64b4o8b2o
28bobo10bo3bo$40b3o20b3o6b2o13b3o21b3o56bo4bo6b3o68b2o9bo16bobo13b4o$
40b2o29bo86bo14b2o6bo2bo68bo10bo15b2obo2b4o2b3o$44b2o110b2ob2o19bo3bo
52bo14bo15bo12bo2bo3b2o2b3o$43b3o29bo75b2o3b3o21b3o2bo26b2o22b3o18b3o
5bo9b2o5b3o3b2o2b3o$42bob2o27bobo75b2o18bo13bo2bo22bo2bo20bob2o17b5o6b
2o6b2o6bo13b4o$42bo24bo6bo9bo44bo40bobo12bo2bo2bo2bo9b2o4b2o2bo19b2o2b
2o16b3ob2o34bo3bo$43bo21b2obob2o11b3o9bo32bobo48b2o4bo2bo2bob3o8b2o5b
2o2bo19b4o20b2o39bo$24bo14bo2bo21bob3o3bo9bo11b3o2bo27b2obo38bo3bo5b2o
4b2o9bo15b4o20b3o40bo16bo2bo$15b3o5b4o11bo3bo20bobo2bobo14bo7bo3bo2bo
4b2o20bo2bo54b2o7b2o81bo3bo8b2o$2bo19bo2b2o11bo26bo2bo12bo2bo8b5ob2o2b
o23bo2bo63bo87bo4b3ob2o$o3bo16b2o2bo2bo9bobo2bo21bo2bo12bo2bo6bobo2bob
o2bo5b2o13b3o2bob2o15b3o9b3o9b3o104bo4bo4b5o$5bo14b2obo2bobo10bo24b4o
14bo3b2ob2o2bo4bo5bo3bo4b2o12bobo7b2o89b3o47b5o5b3o$o4bo19bo3bo10b3o
22b2o14bob4o2bo11b2o2bob2o4b2o13bo8b2o88b5o$b5o16b2obo2bo12bo39b5o3bo
2bo4b2o2b5o121b3ob2o$82b3o5bo2bobo4b3o127b2o$23bob2o65bo2bo3b2o$24bo
40bobo28b4o$45bo19bo4bo$44bobo22bo$43bo2bo20b3o$44b2o!

EDIT: Turns out, at previous ship's glider output rate, glider to B and the rotated herschel (1 and 3 in same post) can be combined into a module that eventually sends the glider in same direction it arrived from, making an infinitely extensible ship/rake (I left the rear end without a terminating MWSS so it's just an oversized rake in the following RLE)

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x = 637, y = 60, rule = B3/S23
23b5o$22bo4bo$27bo$22bo3bo$11b2o11bo$10b4o$9bo2b3o$13b2o$10b2obo$10bo
2bo119b2o$9bo2bo117b3ob2o$10b2o118b5o$29b3o99b3o$30bo217bo$30b3o213bo
3bo$251bo$246bo4bo$132bo114b5o$130b6o367bo$obo127b2o2b2o365bo3bo$2o
348b2o154bo$bo132bo104b2o2b2o102b3ob2o148bo4bo$130b2o2bo104b2o2b2o102b
5o150b5o$130b2o3bo212b3o$5b2o22b2o66b6o31bo$5b2o22b2o65bo5bo29bobo106b
2o$5bo27b2o67bo30bo107b2obo113b2o23bo23bo23bo23bo23bo122b4o$33b2o61bo
4bo141bo96b2o16b2o22bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo120b6o$98b2o237b3ob2o
39bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo21bobo120b4ob2o$6b2o329b5o34bo6bo23bo23bo23bo
23bo26b3o96b2o16b3o$3b3ob2o30b2o59bo135bo101b3o30bo3b3o21b3o21b3o21b3o
56bo2b2o12b2o97b5o$3b5o6b2o23b2o17b2o39bo134b2o134bob2obo3bo91b3o33bob
2o9b3ob2o96b3ob2o$4b3o4b3ob2o38b2ob3o38b3o133b2o24bo107bo2bo4bo2bo16bo
5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo18bo3bo45b5o55b2o20b2o21b2o$11b5o38b3ob2o6b2o63b2o75b
2o50b3o89b2o16b4o4bobo16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo18bo3bo29b2o2bo12b3o52b4ob
2o5b2o13bo28bo2bo$12b3o40b2ob3o5b2o63b2o71b4ob2o48bo2b2o88b2o18b2o5b2o
16bo5bo17bo5bo17bo5bo18bo3bo30b2o5bo63b6o6b3o10b2o18b2o13bo$22b2o35b2o
74b2o67b6o49bo3bo111b5o91b3o32bo5bo64b4o8b2o28bobo10bo3bo$19b3ob2o31b
2o54bo22b2o68b4o52bobo112b3o20b3o6b2o13b3o21b3o56bo4bo6b3o68b2o9bo16bo
bo13b4o$19b5o86bo3bo207b2o52b2o29bo86bo14b2o6bo2bo68bo10bo15b2obo2b4o
2b3o$20b3o4b6o52bo29bo4bo34b3o100b2ob2o57bo4bo54b2o110b2ob2o19bo3bo52b
o14bo15bo12bo2bo3b2o2b3o$26bo5bo16b2o8b2o22bo3bo22bo4bo2bo3bo18b2o12bo
2bo42bo34b2o22bo65bo52b3o29bo75b2o3b3o21b3o2bo26b2o22b3o18b3o5bo9b2o5b
3o3b2o2b3o$32bo13b3ob2o3b4ob2o26bo22b5o7bo17b2o12bo2bo41b3o33b2o82bo5b
o51bob2o27bobo75b2o18bo13bo2bo22bo2bo20bob2o17b5o6b2o6b2o6bo13b4o$26bo
4bo14b5o4b6o22bo4bo29bo4bo75bob2o37b2o22b2o55b6o51bo24bo6bo9bo44bo40bo
bo12bo2bo2bo2bo9b2o4b2o2bo19b2o2b2o16b3ob2o34bo3bo$28b2o17b3o6b4o24b5o
30b5o4bo29b2o8b2o28b2o2b2o36b2o22b2o68bo44bo21b2obob2o11b3o9bo32bobo
48b2o4bo2bo2bob3o8b2o5b2o2bo19b4o20b2o39bo$126bo3bo28bo8b2o29b4o25b3o
103bobo23bo14bo2bo21bob3o3bo9bo11b3o2bo27b2obo38bo3bo5b2o4b2o9bo15b4o
20b3o40bo16bo2bo$131bo68b3o24b5o70bo31b2o15b3o5b4o11bo3bo20bobo2bobo
14bo7bo3bo2bo4b2o20bo2bo54b2o7b2o81bo3bo8b2o$126bo4bo95b3ob2o3b3o7b2o
12bo9b2o30bo55bo2b2o11bo26bo2bo12bo2bo8b5ob2o2bo23bo2bo63bo87bo4b3ob2o
$127b5o23bo8b2o64b2o3b5o6b2o13bobo6bobo20b2o62b2o2bo2bo9bobo2bo21bo2bo
12bo2bo6bobo2bobo2bo5b2o13b3o2bob2o15b3o9b3o9b3o104bo4bo4b5o$138b2o13b
o3bo4bo4bo67b3ob2o19bo3bo27bo2bo60b2obo2bobo10bo24b4o14bo3b2ob2o2bo4bo
5bo3bo4b2o12bobo7b2o89b3o47b5o5b3o$134b4ob2o17bo9bo23b3o43b2o19bob3obo
4bo2bo18bo2bo65bo3bo10b3o22b2o14bob4o2bo11b2o2bob2o4b2o13bo8b2o88b5o$
134b6o13bo4bo3bo5bo22b5o48b3o12b2o3bo5bo2bo18b2ob2o61b2obo2bo12bo39b5o
3bo2bo4b2o2b5o121b3ob2o$135b4o15b5o4b6o22b3ob2o46b5o46b2o122b3o5bo2bob
o4b3o127b2o$194b2o47b3ob2o3b2o105bob2o65bo2bo3b2o$246b2o2bo4bo104bo40b
obo28b4o$256bo14b3o6b4o97bo19bo4bo$250bo5bo13b5o4b6o95bobo22bo$251b6o
13b3ob2o3b4ob2o22b5o66bo2bo20b3o$273b2o8b2o22bo4bo67b2o$312bo$307bo3bo
$309bo!

[kiho park]

I've already founded this cool Block to Eater reaction.

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x = 43, y = 27, rule = LifeHistory
40.A$38.A3.A$37.A$37.A4.A$10.4A23.5A$9.6A$8.2A.4A$9.2A2$5A$A4.A$A$.A
3.A$3.A2$.2A$.2A4$.6A5.3A$.A5.A3.5A$.A8.2A.3A$2.A4.A3.2A9.2A$4.2A15.
2A.3A$22.5A$23.3A!

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[Pooping_Alien]

Another (less complicated) design to output a Herschell backwards and then apply a repeatable "to glider and back" mechanism:

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x = 370, y = 70, rule = B3/S23
31bo$29bo3bo$34bo$29bo4bo$30b5o6$138b3o$32b3o102b5o$34bo102b3ob2o$32b
3o105b2o2$33bo$31b3o102b2o$29b3o103b3o$30b2o102b2o2bo$134bob4o$134bo4b
o$134bo2b2o$136b2o$266b3o$105b2o25bo132b5o$103bo4bo23bobo130b3ob2o$29b
2o78bo22b2o134b2o$29b2o72bo5bo$33b2o69b6o151bo$3b2o28b2o19bo205bobo$3o
b2o5b3o39b3o$5o5b5o37bo2b2o200b2o2b2o$b3o6b3ob2o3b3o17b2o11b4o43b2o
109b5o44bo$13b2o3b5o16b2o14bobo38b2obo55b3o51bo4bo41bo2bo$18b3ob2o31bo
2bo36bo58bo2bo56bo28bo13bobo$21b2o32bo2bo7b2o27bo35b2o21bo2bo51bo3bo
25bo17bob2o$27b3o26b2o8b2o27b3o33b2o20bo2bo54bo22b2o2b3o16bobo$26b5o
104b2o16bo2bo2b2o73b2o21bo13b3o$26b3ob2o3b2o98b2o17bobo75b3o6bo29bo2bo
$29b2o2bo4bo116bob2o72bobo5b2o3b2o24bo2b2o$39bo14b3o6b4o51b5o35bobo64b
2o7bo11bo23b2o$33bo5bo13b5o4b6o49bo4bo18b2o13b2o2b3o62b2o5bobo8bobo$
34b6o13b3ob2o3b4ob2o22b5o26bo3b5o10b2o11b4o3bobo28b2o3bo36bo39bo12b3o$
56b2o8b2o22bo4bo21bo3bo3bo4bo23bo2b2o4bo28b2o2bo22bob3o20bo3bo26b2o$
95bo23bo10bo23bobo4b3o4b2o21bo6bo20b2ob2o25bo24b2o11bobo$90bo3bo30bo3b
o38b2o22b3o25bobo21bo4bo36bo$92bo34bo6b5o53b2o27bo23b5o9b5o22bo3bo$
133bo4bo55bo63bo4bo$138bo3b4o51bo36b2o27bo22b2o2bo43b6o$133bo3bo3b6o
48b3o2b2o29b3ob2o21bo3bo12b2o56bo5bo$135bo5b4ob2o13b5o4b6o23b3o29b5o
24bo11b3ob2o61bo$145b2o13bo4bo3bo5bo23b2o31b3o37b5o56bo4bo16b5o$165bo
9bo40bo56b3o59b2o17bo4bo$160bo3bo4bo4bo39bo3bo80b2o22b3o33bo$162bo8b2o
46bo78bo2b2o5b3o11bo3b2o26bo3bo7b2o$214bo4bo67b2o10b3o8bo12bo3bo12bo
15bo8b4o$215b5o80bo2b2o4b2o13b3o11b2ob2o22b2ob2o$288bo25b2o40b3ob2o5b
2o$287bo3bo21b4o38b2o5bo$292bo19bob4o19bo4bo11bo7b2o$287bo4bo16b3ob5o
19b2ob2o5b2o6b2o5bo$288b5o15b5ob3o22bo5bob2o7b3ob2o5b2o$307bo3bo34bo
18b2ob2o$308b2o11b3o33bo7b4o$312bo7b5o30bo3bo6b2o$303b2o5bo3bo5b3ob2o
21b3o10bo$301bo4bo8bo7b2o21b5o4bo4bo$307bo2bo4bo30b3ob2o4b5o$301bo5bo
3b5o33b2o$302b6o!