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Chained Gosper guns

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 2:10 pm
by Phantom Hoover
I would be surprised if this hasn't already been discovered, but the queen bee shuttles in a Gosper gun can be chained so that they have an arbitrary number of barrels. The RLE should make it clearer...

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x = 288, y = 134, rule = B3/S23
277bo$277bobo$260b2o18b2o$262bo17b2o4b2o$249b2o12bo16b2o4b2o$249b2o4bo
7bo8bo4bobo$235bo10b2o5b2o8bo9bo3bo$235bobo7b3o5bo2b2o4bo5bo2b3o$218b
2o18b2o6b2o6b5ob2o$220bo17b2o9b2o4bo$207b2o12bo16b2o9b2o$207b2o4bo7bo
8bo4bobo$193bo10b2o5b2o8bo9bo3bo11bo15bo$193bobo7b3o5bo2b2o4bo5bo2b3o
13bobo16bo$176b2o18b2o6b2o6b5ob2o26b2o14b3o$178bo17b2o9b2o4bo$165b2o
12bo16b2o9b2o$165b2o4bo7bo8bo4bobo$151bo10b2o5b2o8bo9bo3bo11bo15bo$
151bobo7b3o5bo2b2o4bo5bo2b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$134b2o18b2o6b2o6b5ob2o
26b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$136bo17b2o9b2o4bo65b2o14b3o$123b2o12bo16b2o9b2o$
123b2o4bo7bo8bo4bobo$109bo10b2o5b2o8bo9bo3bo11bo15bo$109bobo7b3o5bo2b
2o4bo5bo2b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$92b2o18b2o6b2o6b5ob2o26b2o14b3o13bobo
16bo15bo15bo$94bo17b2o9b2o4bo65b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$81b2o12bo16b2o9b2o
103b2o14b3o$81b2o4bo7bo8bo4bobo$67bo10b2o5b2o8bo9bo3bo11bo15bo$67bobo
7b3o5bo2b2o4bo5bo2b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$50b2o18b2o6b2o6b5ob2o26b2o14b
3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$52bo17b2o9b2o4bo65b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$39b
2o12bo16b2o9b2o103b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$39b2o4bo7bo8bo4bobo149b2o14b3o$
25bo10b2o5b2o8bo9bo3bo11bo15bo$25bobo7b3o5bo2b2o4bo5bo2b3o13bobo16bo
15bo15bo$8b2o18b2o6b2o6b5ob2o26b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$6bo3bo17b2o
9b2o4bo65b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$5bo5bo16b2o9b2o103b2o14b3o13bobo
16bo15bo15bo$2o2b2obo3bo8bo4bobo149b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$2o3bo5bo9bo3bo
11bo15bo156b2o14b3o$6bo3bo5bo2b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$8b2o26b2o14b3o13bo
bo16bo15bo15bo$69b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$102b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo
15bo$135b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$168b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$28bo15bo156b
2o14b3o$26bobo16bo15bo15bo$27b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$60b2o14b3o13bo
bo16bo15bo15bo$93b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$126b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo
15bo$159b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$35bo156b2o14b3o$36bo15bo15bo$34b3o13bobo16b
o15bo15bo$51b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$84b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$
117b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$150b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$183b2o14b3o$43bo
15bo$41bobo16bo15bo15bo$42b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$75b2o14b3o13bobo
16bo15bo15bo$108b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$141b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$174b
2o14b3o$50bo$51bo15bo15bo$49b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$66b2o14b3o13bobo16bo
15bo15bo$99b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$132b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$165b2o14b
3o2$58bo15bo$56bobo16bo15bo15bo$57b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$90b2o14b
3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$123b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$156b2o14b3o2$65bo$66bo15bo
15bo$64b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$81b2o14b3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$114b2o14b3o
13bobo16bo$147b2o14b3o3$73bo15bo$71bobo16bo15bo15bo$72b2o14b3o13bobo
16bo15bo15bo$105b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$138b2o14b3o3$80bo$81bo15bo15bo$79b
3o13bobo16bo15bo15bo$96b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$129b2o14b3o4$88bo15bo$86bobo
16bo15bo15bo$87b2o14b3o13bobo16bo$120b2o14b3o4$95bo$96bo15bo15bo$94b3o
13bobo16bo$111b2o14b3o5$103bo15bo$101bobo16bo$102b2o14b3o5$110bo$111bo
$109b3o!


Re: Chained Gosper guns

Posted: September 28th, 2010, 5:24 pm
by Awesomeness
Yes, this is very well known. I wonder if a breeder could extend this by alternating sides...