Small improvement: the last 2 gliders of the 18-glider salvo can be replaced with an MWSS (EDIT: and we can remove one of the block-pulling gliders as well, so that's 15):
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x = 599, y = 583, rule = TripleLife
317.C$318.C$316.3C38$357.C$358.C$356.3C18$378.C$379.2C$378.2C18$389.C
$390.C$388.3C18$406.C$407.2C$406.2C18$416.C$417.2C$416.2C18$440.C$
441.C$439.3C18$469.C$470.C$468.3C18$490.C$491.C$489.3C25$515.C.C$516.
2C$516.C8$524.C.C$525.2C$525.C8$533.C.C$534.2C$534.C23$552.C.C$553.2C
$553.C8$571.C.C$572.2C$572.C13$580.C.C$581.2C$581.C4$.5C$C4.C$5.C$C3.
C$2.C4$2.A593.3E4$2.C$C3.C$5.C$C4.C$.5C4$581.C$581.2C$580.C.C13$572.C
$572.2C$571.C.C8$553.C$553.2C$552.C.C23$534.C$534.2C$533.C.C8$525.C$
525.2C$524.C.C8$516.C$516.2C$515.C.C25$489.3C$491.C$490.C18$468.3C$
470.C$469.C18$439.3C$441.C$440.C18$416.2C$417.2C$416.C18$406.2C$407.
2C$406.C18$388.3C$390.C$389.C18$378.2C$379.2C$378.C18$356.3C$358.C$
357.C38$316.3C$318.C$317.C!
They can be constructed to the left of the blinker tape and crash into an appropriate obstacle at the right end, or be constructed at the right end using slow^2 gliders from the area of the stopped puffers. We might be able to use a dirtier reaction that allows us to create fewer puffers (or puffers made using the construction arm rather than the fuses).
Inspired by
this, here is a design that only uses 2 puffers at the cost of quadratic runtime and increasing the tape length:
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x = 2294, y = 957, rule = LifeHistory
1062.A$1055.A3.A2.A.A2.A$1055.5A.2A4.A$1056.A.A4.A3.A2$1063.3A$1044.
2A18.A$1044.2A7$1036.2A$1036.2A$1047.2A$1045.2A2.A$1044.A4.A7.2A.A$
1037.3A3.A3.2A8.A.2A.3A$1037.A2.2A5.A9.A.A3.A$1037.A4.A.A.A11.A3.A$
1028.2A7.A6.A$1028.2A8.A3.2A3$1056.2A$1056.2A$1031.2A$1031.2A$1045.3A
2$1035.2A8.A$1035.2A10.A$1043.3A2.A$1043.3A.2A$1045.3A$1046.A$1012.2A
$1012.2A3$1040.2A$1022.2A16.2A$1022.2A2$1004.2A$1004.2A20.2A$1026.2A
2$1032.2A$1032.2A$1007.2A$1007.2A3$1011.2A$1011.2A5$988.2A$988.2A3$
1016.2A$998.2A16.2A$998.2A2$980.2A$980.2A20.2A$1002.2A2$1008.2A$1008.
2A$983.2A$983.2A3$987.2A$987.2A5$964.2A$964.2A3$992.2A3.A$974.2A16.2A
3.2A$974.2A20.2A.A$995.2A2.A$956.2A36.3A.4A$956.2A20.2A13.2A2.A.A2.A$
978.2A13.3A.A.A.A$993.A.3A.2A$992.A.A2.4A$993.A3.A$959.2A32.A3.A$959.
2A19.2A12.A2.A$980.2A2$963.2A$963.2A$995.2A3$972.2A$940.2A30.2A$940.
2A48.2A$989.A2.A$988.2A2.A4.3A$989.2A2.A$950.2A38.4A$950.2A2$932.2A
40.A$932.2A20.2A5.2A9.2A.2A$954.2A5.A.A11.2A$959.4A8.A5.A14.2A$959.A
11.2A3.A15.2A$958.A.A11.3A.A$935.2A22.A12.3A$935.2A22.A13.A4.2A$973.
3A$975.A$981.2A$980.A.A$981.A3$963.2A$916.2A45.A.A$916.2A46.A$937.2A$
937.2A2$926.2A$926.2A2$908.2A$908.2A2$968.2A$968.2A2$911.2A36.A$911.
2A36.A$940.2A7.A$939.A2.A$915.2A22.A.A9.3A$915.2A23.A19.2A$960.2A3$
926.2A$892.2A31.A2.A$892.2A32.2A6$931.2A$884.2A45.A.A$884.2A46.A5$
887.2A$887.2A14.2A$903.2A2$891.2A19.2A.2A$891.2A19.2A.2A19.2A$936.2A
4$868.2A$868.2A27.2A$897.A.A$898.A29.2A$928.2A$878.2A$878.2A6.2A$885.
A2.A$860.2A24.A.A$860.2A25.A$917.2A$916.A.A$889.2A26.A$888.A2.A$863.
2A24.2A$863.2A34.2A$899.A.A$900.A$867.2A$867.2A5$844.2A$844.2A2$904.
2A$904.2A$854.2A$854.2A2$836.2A31.2A26.2A$836.2A31.2A25.A2.A$890.2A4.
A.A$890.2A5.A3.A$900.A.A$899.A2.A$839.2A28.2A29.2A$839.2A28.2A$873.3A
2$877.A$877.A$877.A3$867.2A$820.2A45.A.A$820.2A46.A$841.2A$841.2A2$
830.2A$830.2A2$812.2A$812.2A2$872.2A$872.2A2$298.2A515.2A36.A$291.2A
3.2B2AB514.2A36.A$290.B2AB2.4B544.2A7.A$291.2B3.6B.B539.A2.A47.2A$
292.2B2.10B513.2A22.A.A9.3A35.3A$291.2B2A11B6.2A8.2A495.2A23.A19.2A
26.A.2A$288.B.3B2A12B5.A8.B2AB539.2A11.A13.A$287.2A18B2.BA.A9.2B553.A
12.A3.2A3.A$287.2AB.15B3.B2A11.2B3.B548.A11.A$288.B3.18B12.4B.B2A500.
2A58.A.A$292.18B10.8B2A466.2A31.A2.A59.A$293.19B2.2B2.6B2AB.B467.2A
32.2A44.A13.A.A4.A$293.31B2A542.2A4.2A.2A$294.7B.24B542.2A20.4A$294.
6B2.28B547.A.A12.2A$293.7B.29B545.A3.A$293.6B.29B2A544.A2.2A$286.2A6.
9B7.4B.14B2A504.2A39.3A$287.A6.8B9.4B2.11B.B458.2A45.A.A39.A$287.A.AB
2.8B11.4B2.10B460.2A46.A$288.2AB2.7B13.14B533.2A11.A$290.9B15.14B532.
2A10.A.A$290.9B15.13B545.A.A$291.8B15.13B546.A$288.2B.8B15.8B.2B466.
2A95.2A$286.13B15.9B468.2A14.2A79.2A$286.13B15.10B483.2A66.2A$285.14B
15.11B549.A2.A$286.14B13.7B.4B470.2A19.2A.2A31.2A21.2A$285.10B2.B3A
11.8B2.3B470.2A19.2A.2A19.2A10.2A22.A$283.B.11B2.A3B9.8B4.B516.2A$
282.2A14B.A3B7.9B4.2A$282.2A29B.B3A2B4.A555.2A$283.29B.BA2BA2B3.A556.
2A$283.28B2.B2ABAB4.2A447.2A81.2A$287.24B.7B453.2A27.2A52.2A$287.2A
31B481.A.A$284.B.B2A6B2.2B2.19B482.A29.2A$283.2A8B10.18B511.2A25.2A$
283.2AB.4B11.11BA7B3.B457.2A75.2A$284.B3.2B11.4B2.3BABABAB3A3B.B2A
456.2A6.2A$289.2B9.4B2.2A3B4A4BA4B2A463.A2.A$288.B2AB7.4B3.2A8B3A4B.B
439.2A24.A.A$289.2A7.4B5.15B442.2A25.A$297.4B6.10B2.2B500.2A13.2A$
296.4B9.B.6B3.2B498.A.A13.2A$295.4B14.4B2.B2AB470.2A26.A$294.4B14.B2A
2B3.2A470.A2.A$293.4B16.2A452.2A24.2A69.2A$292.4B471.2A34.2A41.2A16.
2A$291.4B508.A.A40.2A$290.4B510.A$289.4B478.2A55.2A$288.4B479.2A55.2A
20.2A$287.4B559.2A$286.4B$285.4B567.2A$284.4B568.2A$283.4B461.2A81.2A
$282.4B462.2A81.2A$281.4B$280.4B524.2A$279.4B525.2A25.2A$278.4B476.2A
75.2A$277.4B477.2A$276.4B$275.4B461.2A31.2A26.2A$274.4B462.2A31.2A25.
A2.A$273.4B517.2A4.A.A9.2A$272.4B518.2A5.A3.A6.2A$271.4B529.A.A$270.
4B529.A2.A$269.4B470.2A28.2A29.2A34.2A$268.4B471.2A28.2A47.2A16.2A$
267.4B506.3A42.2A$266.4B$265.4B512.A22.2A$264.4B513.A22.2A20.2A$263.A
3B514.A44.2A$262.BABA$261.2B2A567.2A$260.4B24.2A481.2A59.2A$259.4B24.
B2A2B3.2A427.2A45.A.A33.2A$258.4B26.4B2.B2AB426.2A46.A34.2A$257.4B23.
B.6B3.2B448.2A$256.4B22.10B2.2B449.2A$255.4B5.2A16.11B2A2B514.2A$254.
4B5.B2AB4.A.2A.2AB2.12B2A3B.B434.2A75.2A$253.4B7.2B5.2A.ABABAB.18B2A
433.2A$252.4B3.B3.2B11.BA3B.15B.B2A$251.4B3.2AB.4B11.19B3.B416.2A$
250.4B4.2A8B10.18B420.2A$249.4B6.B.B2A6B2.2B2.19B493.2A$248.4B10.2A
31B481.2A10.2A$247.4B11.24B.7B482.2A$246.4B8.28B2.6B$245.4B9.27B2A.7B
424.2A36.A$244.4B9.2A25B2A2B.6B424.2A36.A40.2A$243.4B10.2A14B.4B7.BA
7B6.A447.2A7.A40.2A$240.6B12.B.11B2.4B9.8B4.3A446.A2.A$238.7B15.10B2.
4B11.8B2.A425.2A22.A.A9.3A18.2A$237.7B17.14B13.7B2.2A424.2A23.A19.2A
10.2A20.2A12.A$236.9B15.14B15.10B469.2A32.2A11.A.A2.2A7.2A$235.9B17.
13B15.8B517.A3.4A6.3A$234.10B17.13B15.8B520.A7.A.A.2A$233.4B.7B18.2B.
8B15.8B.2A434.2A76.2A.A10.2A$232.4B2.8B20.8B15.9B2A2B398.2A31.A2.A46.
2A28.A.A$231.4B3.9B18.9B15.13B398.2A32.2A47.2A19.2A8.A$230.4B4.5B.4B
16.10B15.14B501.2A$229.4B5.5B2.4B14.4B.7B13.14B$228.4B6.5B3.4B12.4B2.
8B11.4B2.4B3A3B484.2A$227.4B7.5B4.4B10.4B4.8B9.4B2.4BA3BA2B.B482.2A$
226.4B8.5B5.4B8.4B5.9B7.4B.2BA3BA4BA2B2A$225.4B9.5B6.4B6.4B5.6B.13B2A
2BA7BA3B2A433.2A$224.4B10.5B7.4B4.4B6.7B.11BA5BA5BA5B387.2A45.A.A$
223.4B11.5B8.4B2.4B8.6B2.9B2A2BABA12B387.2A46.A78.A$222.4B12.5B2.2A5.
4BABAB9.7B.10B2A3BA4BA3B463.2A23.3A23.A.2A.A$221.4B13.5B3.A5.4B2AB9.
20B3A5BA4B463.2A23.3A21.2A5.A$220.4B14.5B3.A.AB.6BA10.19B2.2B2.3BA5B.
B488.A$219.4B15.5B4.2AB.9B7.18B10.2B3A3B2A484.4A20.A10.2A$218.4B16.5B
6.11B.3B3.18B12.4B.B2A390.2A93.A2.2A18.A.5A4.2A$217.4B17.5B6.13B2AB.
15B2.4B11.2B3.B391.2A14.2A61.2A17.A24.2A$216.4B18.5B6.13B2A18B3.2A10.
2B412.2A61.2A14.A6.2A15.A.2A$215.2A2B19.5B6.15B.3B2A12B3.A10.B2AB489.
A2.2A2.3A16.A$214.ABAB20.5B3.7B2A3B2.4B2.2B2A11B5.3A8.2A400.2A19.2A.
2A31.2A31.A4.2A$213.3BA21.5B2.2A6B2A3B3.4B2.2B2.10B7.A410.2A19.2A.2A
19.2A10.2A30.A.A4.4A$212.4B22.5B2.2A11B4.6B3.6B.B465.2A42.2A6.A.A$
211.4B23.5B2.13B5.3B2AB2.4B514.A26.2A$210.4B24.5B.4B3.7B6.2B2A3.2B2AB
540.2A$209.4B25.9B5.5B.A6.4B4.2A$208.4B26.8B4.4B3.A.A6.4B489.2A$207.
4B27.7B5.2A6.2A7.4B434.2A52.2A$206.4B28.6B7.A16.4B433.A.A$205.4B29.5B
5.3A18.4B433.A29.2A$204.4B30.5B5.A21.4B462.2A25.2A29.2A$203.4B30.6B
28.4B488.2A29.2A12.2A$202.4B30.7B29.4B418.2A112.2A$201.4B30.8B30.4B
416.A2.A$200.4B30.9B451.A.A$199.4B30.4B.5B452.A78.2A$198.4B30.4B2.5B
482.2A13.2A31.A2.A$197.4B30.4B3.5B481.A.A13.2A32.2A$196.4B31.3B4.5B
454.2A26.A71.2A$195.4B32.2B5.5B453.A2.A96.A.A$194.4B40.5B454.2A98.A$
193.4B41.5B464.2A$192.4B42.5B464.A.A$191.4B43.5B465.A70.2A$190.4B44.
5B489.2A45.A.A$189.4B45.5B489.2A46.A$188.4B46.5B$187.4B47.5B$186.4B
48.5B91.11D$185.4B49.5B83.8D8.2D$184.4B50.5B81.2D13.2D.D392.2A$165.2A
16.4B51.5B79.2D14.D3.D392.2A14.2A$158.2A3.2B2AB14.4B52.5B94.D4.D408.
2A$157.B2AB2.4B14.4B53.5B93.D5.D369.2A$158.2B3.6B.B9.4B54.5B92.D6.D
369.2A25.2A19.2A.2A$159.2B2.10B6.4B55.5B90.2D7.D396.2A19.2A.2A19.2A$
158.15B5.4B7.2A47.5B89.D9.D441.2A$155.B.4B3A8B2A3.4B7.B2AB46.5B88.D
10.D$154.2A4BA4B4A3B2A2.4B9.2B47.5B88.D10.D362.2A$154.2AB.3B3ABABABA
3B2.4B11.2B3.B42.5B87.D11.D361.A2.A$155.B3.7BA11B11.4B.B2A41.5B86.D
12.D355.2A4.A.A$159.18B10.8B2A41.5B86.D12.D355.2A5.A3.A35.2A$160.19B
2.2B2.6B2AB.B42.5B85.D13.D365.A.A34.A.A$160.31B2A45.5B85.D13.D364.A2.
A35.A29.2A$161.7B.24B45.5B84.D14.D365.2A66.2A$155.2A4.BAB2AB2.28B41.
5B84.D14.D$156.A3.2BA2BAB.29B41.5B82.3D406.2A$155.A4.2B3AB.29B2A40.5B
77.5D408.A2.A$155.2A4.9B7.3BA.14B2A40.5B75.2D414.A.A$156.B4.8B9.3BA2.
11B.B41.5B73.2D417.A$155.3B2.8B11.3AB2.10B43.5B71.2D449.2A$155.4B.7B
13.14B44.5B70.D450.A.A$155.11B15.14B43.5B69.D424.2A26.A$156.10B15.13B
44.5B68.D424.A2.A$157.9B15.13B44.5B67.D426.2A$155.2B.8B15.8B.2B46.5B
66.D437.2A$153.13B15.8B49.5B65.D438.A.A$153.13B15.9B48.5B64.D440.A$
152.14B15.9B48.5B63.D$153.14B13.7B2.B2A46.5B63.D$152.10B2.4B11.8B2.BA
.A45.5B62.D$150.B.11B2.4B9.8B6.A45.5B60.2D$149.2A14B.4B7.9B6.2A44.5B
59.D$149.2A29B.6B51.5B54.7D$150.29B.7B51.5B51.3D$150.28B2.6B52.5B49.
2D$154.24B.7B52.5B47.2D802.A$154.2A31B51.5B45.2D462.2A341.2A$151.B.B
2A6B2.2B2.19B51.5B44.D464.2A340.2A$150.2A8B10.18B50.5B42.2D$150.2AB.
4B12.18B3.B46.5B41.D$151.B3.2B11.2AB3.15B.B2A45.5B40.D$156.2B9.A.AB2.
18B2A45.5B38.2D462.2A$155.B2AB8.A5.12B2A3B.B46.5B37.D463.A2.A$156.2A
8.2A6.11B2A2B49.5B36.D458.2A4.A.A$174.10B2.2B50.5B35.D459.2A5.A3.A$
176.B.6B3.2B49.5B34.D470.A.A$180.4B2.B2AB48.5B34.D469.A2.A$179.B2A2B
3.2A49.5B33.D471.2A$180.2A56.5B32.D$238.5B31.D$238.5B30.D$238.5B30.D$
238.5B29.D$238.5B28.D$238.5B27.D$238.5B26.D$269.D$268.D$267.D$267.D4$
.2D178.2A$4D176.4A$2D.2D175.2A.2A$2.2D178.2A4$43.5D175.5A$.4D37.D4.D
32.D100.4A37.A4.A$D3.D42.D31.2D99.A3.A42.A$4.D37.D3.D30.2D105.A37.A3.
A$D2.D40.D30.2D103.A2.A40.A$74.D$73.9D$75.D6.19D843.2A$76.2D866.2A$
44.A33.D145.A914.3A765.3A381.3A$79.D864.2A$80.D863.2A$80.D2$D2.D40.D
135.A2.A40.A$4.D37.D3.D137.A37.A3.A$D3.D42.D132.A3.A42.A$.4D37.D4.D
133.4A37.A4.A$43.5D175.5A4$2.2D178.2A$2D.2D175.2A.2A$4D176.4A$.2D178.
2A8$238.5B$238.5B$238.5B$238.5B$238.5B$238.5B$238.5B$180.2A56.5B$179.
B2A2B3.2A49.5B505.2A$180.4B2.B2AB48.5B504.A2.A$176.B.6B3.2B49.5B505.A
.A$174.10B2.2B50.5B495.2A5.A3.A$156.2A8.2A6.11B2A2B49.5B495.2A4.A.A$
155.B2AB8.A5.12B2A3B.B46.5B501.A2.A$156.2B9.A.AB2.18B2A45.5B502.2A$
151.B3.2B11.2AB3.15B.B2A45.5B$150.2AB.4B12.18B3.B46.5B$150.2A8B10.18B
50.5B$151.B.B2A6B2.2B2.19B51.5B509.2A340.2A$154.2A31B51.5B509.2A341.
2A$154.24B.7B52.5B851.A$150.28B2.6B52.5B$150.29B.7B51.5B$149.2A29B.6B
51.5B$149.2A14B.4B7.9B6.2A44.5B$150.B.11B2.4B9.8B6.A45.5B$152.10B2.4B
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The gap between return LWSSes from 2 successive blocks is 768 generations. Then, it passes through something like the LWSS bouncer (which would probably be p256 with a p512 component somewhere else), which sends it through some other circuits to make it into a binary pair and send another 3-XWSS group back out. I did not make any of that circuitry, so I have no idea if it is an improvement over the 15-puffer method. It could be improved if there is a 2-XWSS or 3-XWSS with better timing salvo, or one that works directly off of the traffic light or returns an MWSS instead.
If you want to, you could use 4 puffers instead, giving a gap of 384 generations, which reduces the bounding box of the tape (but not population), and may make better circuitry (probably not?). You can also shift one of the puffer pairs and blinker lines an even number of cells, which would shift the delay by 8, to possibly shrink the receiving circuitry.
EDIT2:
An extra blinker at the end of the ignition reduces the cleanup and coincidentally moves the right amount in a traffic light:
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x = 74, y = 5, rule = LifeSuper
72.2M$71.Q.M$3M8.3M.3M8.3M2.3pA.3Q5.3M3.3pA.3Q5.3M3.3pA.Q$71.Q.M$72.
2M!
You could use this to build the blinker fuse from both ends, but that doesn't seem as useful.
This one doesn't leave a blinker behind but cleans it up more:
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x = 72, y = 5, rule = LifeSuper
70.2M$69.Q.M$3M6.3M.3M8.3M2.3pA.3Q5.3M3.3pA.3Q5.3M3.3pA.Q$69.Q.M$70.
2M!
These are actually very useless—the top one only removes the doves and beehives, which should be made up for by the gliders to turn the traffic light back into a blinker, and the bottom doesn't clean it up enough to earn the blinker back.
EDIT3: Yet another problem has emerged with my design: the guns for the 3-XWSS salvo, in addition to having to be one-sided, have to be constructed with slow^2 gliders. The LWSS smasher does not have to be, but then the mystery circuitry will be very far away from either it or the glider stream (it is better for the LWSS smasher to be pointed the other direction, so the gliders head to the left instead). This is not a problem, because the MWSS pairs can be moved, but it might create an infinite feedback loop where the 3-XWSS gun and LWSS smasher have to be put beyond the main fuse, which makes the main fuse longer, which increases the distance of the blob in the sky and the distance the circuitry has to constructed at, which makes the main fuse longer.
In any case, it seems unlikely that it will be cheaper than the 15-puffer solution.
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