dvgrn wrote: ↑June 8th, 2020, 7:26 am
EDIT: The geometry looks reasonably hopeful for a quick recovery even without multiple stages..
Good Golly, there was approximately zero clearance, but everything just worked. That never happens to me any more.
Minimum safe repeat time appears to be 698 for one of the tough HWSS cases, and I think a little less than that for all the other *WSSes. In this configuration the HWSS interacts with a dying spark at any timing less than 701, but nothing bad happens. MWSSes and LWSSes seem to be okay down to a repeat time of 684, but I might have missed a few weird intermediate cases.
EDIT3: Added A for awesome's unweld, and turned all the suboptimal versions into a space-saving historical single block of text:
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x = 446, y = 105, rule = LifeHistory
366.A$366.3A$369.A$368.2A8.2A$368.5B5.A16.B$370.4B.BA.A18.A11.2A$363.
B4.6B.B2A18.A.A9.B2AB$362.2AB.10B20.A.A9.3B$362.2A12B14.2A2.3A.2A9.B.
B$363.B.11B14.A2.A4.B8.5B$365.13B3.4B2.BA.A3.3AB2A6.6B$363.2B.12B2.5B
2.B2A6.A.2A4.8B$362.2A24B10.13B$362.2A24B12.13B$363.B.B.20B12.15B$
366.20B2.B10.15B$365.26B5.B.17B$364.51B$365.21B2ABD11B2A2B2D9B$365.
21B2AB3D9B2A2BDBD9B2.2A4.A.2A$366.23BDBD13BD6B3.B2A2.A4.2A.A$366.25BD
19B4.A2.2A3.2A$364.B.29B2.2B2.B3.6B5.A5.A3.2A$364.B.13B.7B2.4B13.6B5.
3A2.A.2A.A$364.15B2.6B17.9B6.A3.A.A.A.2A.A$364.4B.10B3.3B19.2A4.4B10.
2B2A.A.2A$365.14B4.B21.A5.4B10.4B$366.12B24.3A7.4B6.7B$367.11B24.A10.
4B3.8B$367.11B31.2A3.4B.8B$368.9B14.2A17.A4.12B$368.9B15.A17.A.AB2.
11B.2B$368.9B14.A19.2AB.14B2A$368.9B14.2A20.16B2A$369.8B5.2A8.B20.14B
.2B$351.2C16B.7B5.A.A7.3B19.13B$349.C.3BC22B6.AB6.6B16.14B.2B$.6A344.
4BC17B2C4B3.2B3.B2.10B11.18B2A$A5.A342.C5BC16BC2BC4B2.19B3.2B2.19B.B
2A$6.A343.6C17B2C15BD3B2A15BD15B2.B$A4.A344.21B.18B2D2B2A15BDBD4B.8B$
2.2A348.16B3.7B2C11B2D18B3D4B2.7B$360.8B4.6BCBC10BD21BD4B2.7B$350.B.
3B3.13B.7BC10BD26B3.7B$348.34B.4B5.13B.4B9.8B.BA$347.40B5.7B.B5.3B10.
9BA.A5.A$347.38B21.2B12.9BA4.3A$347.4B2A30B21.2A15.6B.B4.A$345.2AB.2B
2A29B23.A15.5B7.2A$344.A.AB3.30B21.3A16.6B3.5B$344.A9.27B21.A16.2AB.
5B2.3B$343.2A12.12B2.10B37.A.AB3.9B7.2A$359.9B5.8B37.A7.8B8.A$360.11B
4.6B36.2A8.10B3.B.A.2A$360.12B4.4B47.4BD2B2A2B.B3A2.A$360.12B55.2BDBD
2B2A3BAB2.2A$361.11B55.3B2D7B4A$359.4B.4B3DB53.2AB.7B3.2B.A$359.2A4.
4BD2B52.A.AB.7B2.B3A$360.A4.2B3D2B52.A5.5B3.A$357.3A6.6B51.2A5.5B4.5A
$357.A8.7B56.4B10.A$366.6B56.4B9.A$367.5B55.4B10.2A$367.6B53.4B$366.
6B3.2A48.4B$366.7B2.A.A46.4B$367.6B4.A45.4B$367.6B4.2A43.4B$367.6B48.
4B$366.8B46.4B$365.8B46.4B$365.9B44.4B$365.9B43.4B$364.10B42.4B$364.
3B2A5B41.4B$358.2A3.4B2A5B5.A34.4B$359.A3.11B3.3A33.4B$359.A.A7BD4B2.
A11.A23.4B$360.2A2.4B3DB4.2A8.3A22.4B$365.2B2D2BD6B7.A24.4B$366.10B5.
B3.2A11.A10.4B$366.11B2.8B11.3A7.4B$366.19B16.A5.4B$363.2A20B15.2A4.
4B$363.2A21B14.9B6.2A$363.25B14.6B7.A$365.26B2.2B2.B3.6B5.2A.A$365.4B
4.14BD19B4.A2.A$361.A.2AB.B6.6B.4BDBD13BD6B3.B2A$359.3AB2AB6.5B.B2.4B
3D9B2A2BDBD9B$358.A4.B8.2A7.4BD11B2A2B2D9B$358.A.2A.2A8.A8.29B$359.A.
A.A6.3A16.B2.B.17B$363.A6.A24.15B$363.2A30.15B$385.2A3.A5.13B$385.A3.
A.A2.13B$386.A3.A.A.2A4.8B$387.A4.AB2A6.6B$385.A.5A2.B8.5B$384.A.A4.A
.2A.A.2A5.B.B$385.A2.2A.A2.A.2A.A4.3B$386.2A.A.2A11.B2AB$405.2A!
Someone who doesn't like ugly welds might want to fix the hideous bodge job in the northeast -- that was just to make sure that it was going to work.
I kind of suspect that some more ticks could be taken off the recovery time with a staged-recovery setup for the boat, since there are two fairly quick glider outputs to work with already, and more can be generated if needed.
[b]EDIT:[/b] The old standard H-to-boat also works here, but ends up being seven ticks slower, at least when it's connected like this:
x = 449, y = 120, rule = LifeHistory
369.A$369.3A$372.A$371.2A8.2A$371.5B5.A16.B$373.4B.BA.A18.A11.2A$366.
B4.6B.B2A18.A.A9.B2AB$365.2AB.10B20.A.A9.3B$365.2A12B14.2A2.3A.2A9.B.
B$366.B.11B14.A2.A4.B8.5B$368.13B3.4B2.BA.A3.3AB2A6.6B$366.2B.12B2.5B
2.B2A6.A.2A4.8B$365.2A24B10.13B$365.2A24B12.13B$366.B.B.20B12.15B$
369.20B2.B10.15B$368.26B5.B.17B$367.51B$368.21B2ABD11B2A2B2D9B$368.
21B2AB3D9B2A2BDBD9B2.2A4.A.2A$369.23BDBD13BD6B3.B2A2.A4.2A.A$369.25BD
19B4.A2.2A3.2A$367.B.29B2.2B2.B3.6B5.A5.A3.2A$367.B.13B.7B2.4B13.6B5.
3A2.A.2A.A$367.15B2.6B17.9B6.A3.A.A.A.2A.A$367.4B.10B3.3B19.2A4.4B10.
2B2A.A.2A$368.14B4.B21.A5.4B10.4B$369.12B24.3A7.4B6.7B$370.11B24.A10.
4B3.8B$370.11B31.2A3.4B.8B$371.9B14.2A17.A4.12B$371.9B15.A17.A.AB2.
11B.2B$371.9B14.A19.2AB.14B2A$371.9B14.2A20.16B2A$372.8B5.2A8.B20.14B
.2B$354.2C16B.7B5.A.A7.3B19.13B$.4A347.C.3BC22B6.AB6.6B16.14B.2B$6A
348.4BC17B2C4B3.2B3.B2.10B11.18B2A$4A.2A345.C5BC16BC2BC4B2.19B3.2B2.
19B.B2A$4.2A347.6C17B2C15BD3B2A15BD15B2.B$353.21B.18B2D2B2A15BDBD4B.
8B$355.16B3.7B2C11B2D18B3D4B2.7B$380.BCBC10BD21BD4B2.7B$380.2BC10BD
26B3.7B$374.3B2.6B.4B5.13B.4B9.8B.BA$373.17B5.7B.B5.3B10.9BA.A5.A$
371.17B21.2B12.9BA4.3A$371.17B19.2A15.6B.B4.A$371.18B19.A15.5B7.2A$
371.18B16.3A16.6B3.5B$369.2A18B16.A16.2AB.5B2.3B$364.2A2.A2BA.14B.B2A
30.A.AB3.9B7.2A$361.A2.A3.BABA2.10B4.BA.A29.A7.8B8.A$360.A.A.A.4BA3.
10B7.A28.2A8.10B3.B.A.2A$361.A2.A.2AB5.9B8.2A37.4BD2B2A2B.B3A2.A$364.
A.BAB4.11B46.2BDBD2B2A3BAB2.2A$365.A4.A2.12B45.3B2D7B4A$366.5A.13B43.
2AB.7B3.2B.A$372.13B8.A33.A.AB.7B2.B3A$368.A3.13B3.2A2.A.A32.A5.5B3.A
$367.A.A2.2A11B3.A.A2.A.A30.2A5.5B4.5A$368.2A3.A.10B4.B.2A2.A36.4B10.
A$370.3A6.6B3.2B2.A.A36.4B9.A$370.A8.7B.2BAB.A.2A34.4B10.2A$379.9BA.A
.A36.4B$380.8B.A2.4A32.4B$380.6B4.2A3.A31.4B$379.6B6.B.A32.4B$379.7B
3.B2AB2A30.4B$380.8B.B2A32.4B$380.10B3.2A28.4B$379.3B2A6B4.A27.4B$
373.2A5.2B2A6B3.A27.4B$374.A5.10B3.2A25.4B$374.A.AB2.11B28.4B$375.2AB
.12B27.4B$377.15B25.4B$377.16B23.4B$377.16B.2B19.4B$377.18B2A17.4B$
376.17B.B2A16.4B$375.4B2.8B.4B.B16.4B$374.4B4.7B22.4B$373.4B5.6B22.4B
$360.2A10.4B6.4B23.4B$361.A9.4B5.A3B24.4B$359.A10.4B5.A.AB24.4B$359.
5A5.4B5.A2.A24.4B$364.A4.4B5.A.A24.4B$361.3AB2.7B.BA.A.A.A21.4B$360.A
.2B3.7B.B2A3.2A20.4B$360.4A7B2D3B26.4B$358.2A2.BA3B2A2BDBD2B25.4B$
357.A2.3AB.2B2A2BD4B24.4B$357.2A.A.B3.10B23.4B$360.A8.8B21.4B$360.2A
7.9B19.4B$370.3B2.4B6.A10.4B$368.5B3.4B5.3A7.4B$368.2A7.4B7.A5.4B$
369.A8.4B5.2A4.4B$366.3A10.4B4.9B$366.A13.4B5.6B$381.4B2.3BD4B$382.7B
D7B$383.6B3D5B$384.13B$385.10B.B2A$386.4B2AB3.BA.A$387.3B2AB6.A$388.
5B6.2A$389.3B$386.AB.2B$385.A.AB2AB$385.A.ABABAB$382.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$
382.A2.A2.2A.4A$384.2A4.A$390.A.A$391.2A!
EDIT2: Aha, this is better. Repeat time 645:
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x = 425, y = 107, rule = LifeHistory
339.A$339.3A$342.A$341.2A8.2A$341.5B5.A16.B$343.4B.BA.A18.A11.2A$336.
B4.6B.B2A18.A.A9.B2AB$335.2AB.10B20.A.A9.3B$335.2A12B14.2A2.3A.2A9.B.
B$336.B.11B14.A2.A4.B8.5B$338.13B3.4B2.BA.A3.3AB2A6.6B$336.2B.12B2.5B
2.B2A6.A.2A4.8B$335.2A24B10.13B$335.2A24B12.13B$336.B.B.20B12.15B$
339.20B2.B10.15B$338.26B5.B.17B$337.51B$338.21B2ABD11B2A2B2D9B$338.
21B2AB3D9B2A2BDBD9B2.2A4.A.2A$339.23BDBD13BD6B3.B2A2.A4.2A.A$339.25BD
19B4.A2.2A3.2A$337.B.29B2.2B2.B3.6B5.A5.A3.2A$337.B.13B.7B2.4B13.6B5.
3A2.A.2A.A$337.15B2.6B17.9B6.A3.A.A.A.2A.A$337.4B.10B3.3B19.2A4.4B10.
2B2A.A.2A$338.14B4.B21.A5.4B10.4B$339.12B24.3A7.4B6.7B$340.11B24.A10.
4B3.8B$340.11B31.2A3.4B.8B$341.9B14.2A17.A4.12B$341.9B15.A17.A.AB2.
11B.2B$341.9B14.A19.2AB.14B2A$341.9B14.2A20.16B2A$342.8B5.2A8.B20.14B
.2B$324.2C16B.7B5.A.A7.3B19.13B$.4A317.C.3BC22B6.AB6.6B16.14B.2B$6A
318.4BC17B2C4B3.2B3.B2.10B11.18B2A$4A.2A315.C5BC16BC2BC4B2.19B3.2B2.
19B.B2A$4.2A317.6C17B2C15BD3B2A15BD15B2.B$323.21B.18B2D2B2A15BDBD4B.
8B$325.16B3.7B2C11B2D18B3D4B2.7B$350.BCBC10BD21BD4B2.7B$350.2BC10BD
26B3.7B$344.3B2.6B.4B5.13B.4B9.8B.BA$343.17B5.7B.B5.3B10.9BA.A$341.
17B21.2B12.9BA$341.17B19.2A15.6B.B$341.18B19.A15.5B$341.18B16.3A16.5B
$339.2A18B16.A16.2AB.5B$334.2A2.A2BA.14B.B2A30.A.AB3.4B13.A$331.A2.A
3.BABA2.10B4.BA.A29.A7.4B10.3A$330.A.A.A.4BA3.10B7.A28.2A8.4B8.A$331.
A2.A.2AB5.9B8.2A38.4B7.2A$334.A.BAB4.11B48.4B3.5B$335.A4.A2.12B48.4B
2.3B$336.5A.13B49.9B7.2A$342.13B50.8B8.A$338.A3.9B3DB51.10B3.B.A.2A$
337.A.A2.2A8BD2B51.4BD2B2A2B.B3A2.A$338.2A3.A.5B3D2B51.2BDBD2B2A3BAB
2.2A$340.3A6.6B51.3B2D7B4A$340.A8.7B48.2AB.7B3.2B.A$349.8B46.A.AB.7B
2.B3A$350.8B45.A5.5B3.A$350.8B44.2A5.5B4.5A$349.6B3.2A48.4B10.A$349.
7B2.A.A46.4B9.A$350.6B4.A45.4B10.2A$350.6B4.2A43.4B$350.6B48.4B$349.
8B46.4B$348.8B46.4B$348.9B44.4B$348.9B43.4B$347.10B42.4B$347.3B2A5B
41.4B$341.2A3.4B2A5B5.A34.4B$342.A3.11B3.3A33.4B$342.A.A7BD4B2.A11.A
23.4B$343.2A2.4B3DB4.2A8.3A22.4B$348.2B2D2BD6B7.A24.4B$349.10B5.B3.2A
11.A10.4B$349.11B2.8B11.3A7.4B$349.19B16.A5.4B$346.2A20B15.2A4.4B$
346.2A21B14.9B6.2A$346.25B14.6B7.A$348.26B2.2B2.B3.6B5.2A.A$348.4B4.
14BD19B4.A2.A$344.A.2AB.B6.6B.4BDBD13BD6B3.B2A$342.3AB2AB6.5B.B2.4B3D
9B2A2BDBD9B$341.A4.B8.2A7.4BD11B2A2B2D9B$341.A.2A.2A8.A8.29B$342.A.A.
A6.3A16.2B.B.17B$346.A6.A19.B4.15B$346.2A30.15B$368.2A3.A5.13B$368.A
3.A.A2.13B$369.A3.A.A.2A4.8B$370.A4.AB2A6.6B$368.A.5A2.B8.5B$367.A.A
4.A.2A.A.2A5.B.B$368.A2.2A.A2.A.2A.A4.3B$369.2A.A.2A11.B2AB$388.2A!
... If you want to see something really really weird, check out what happens at odd repeat times below that, all the way down to 487:
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x = 346, y = 107, rule = LifeHistory
260.A$260.3A$263.A$262.2A8.2A$262.5B5.A16.B$264.4B.BA.A18.A11.2A$257.
B4.6B.B2A18.A.A9.B2AB$256.2AB.10B20.A.A9.3B$256.2A12B14.2A2.3A.2A9.B.
B$257.B.11B14.A2.A4.B8.5B$259.13B3.4B2.BA.A3.3AB2A6.6B$257.2B.12B2.5B
2.B2A6.A.2A4.8B$256.2A24B10.13B$256.2A24B12.13B$257.B.B.20B12.15B$
260.20B2.B10.15B$259.26B5.B.17B$258.51B$259.21B2ABD11B2A2B2D9B$259.
21B2AB3D9B2A2BDBD9B2.2A4.A.2A$260.23BDBD13BD6B3.B2A2.A4.2A.A$260.25BD
19B4.A2.2A3.2A$258.B.29B2.2B2.B3.6B5.A5.A3.2A$258.B.13B.7B2.4B13.6B5.
3A2.A.2A.A$258.15B2.6B17.9B6.A3.A.A.A.2A.A$258.4B.10B3.3B19.2A4.4B10.
2B2A.A.2A$259.14B4.B21.A5.4B10.4B$260.12B24.3A7.4B6.7B$261.11B24.A10.
4B3.8B$261.11B31.2A3.4B.8B$262.9B14.2A17.A4.12B$262.9B15.A17.A.AB2.
11B.2B$262.9B14.A19.2AB.14B2A$262.9B14.2A20.16B2A$263.8B5.2A8.B20.14B
.2B$245.2C16B.7B5.A.A7.3B19.13B$243.C.3BC22B6.AB6.6B16.14B.2B$4.2A
239.4BC17B2C4B3.2B3.B2.10B11.18B2A$4A.2A236.C5BC16BC2BC4B2.19B3.2B2.
19B.B2A$6A238.6C17B2C15BD3B2A15BD15B2.B$.4A239.21B.18B2D2B2A15BDBD4B.
8B$246.16B3.7B2C11B2D18B3D4B2.7B$271.BCBC10BD21BD4B2.7B$271.2BC10BD
26B3.7B$265.3B2.6B.4B5.13B.4B9.8B.BA$264.17B5.7B.B5.3B10.9BA.A$262.
17B21.2B12.9BA$262.17B19.2A15.6B.B$262.18B19.A15.5B$262.18B16.3A16.6B
$260.2A18B16.A16.2AB.5B$255.2A2.A2BA.14B.B2A30.A.AB3.4B13.A$252.A2.A
3.BABA2.10B4.BA.A29.A7.4B10.3A$251.A.A.A.4BA3.10B7.A28.2A8.4B8.A$252.
A2.A.2AB5.9B8.2A38.4B7.2A$255.A.BAB4.11B48.4B3.5B$256.A4.A2.12B48.4B
2.3B$257.5A.13B49.9B7.2A$263.13B50.8B8.A$259.A3.9B3DB51.10B3.B.A.2A$
258.A.A2.2A8BD2B51.4BD2B2A2B.B3A2.A$259.2A3.A.5B3D2B51.2BDBD2B2A3BAB
2.2A$261.3A6.6B51.3B2D7B4A$261.A8.7B48.2AB.7B3.2B.A$270.8B46.A.AB.7B
2.B3A$271.8B45.A5.5B3.A$271.8B44.2A5.5B4.5A$270.6B3.2A48.4B10.A$270.
7B2.A.A46.4B9.A$271.6B4.A45.4B10.2A$271.6B4.2A43.4B$271.6B48.4B$270.
8B46.4B$269.8B46.4B$269.9B44.4B$269.9B43.4B$268.10B42.4B$268.3B2A5B
41.4B$262.2A3.4B2A5B5.A34.4B$263.A3.11B3.3A33.4B$263.A.A7BD4B2.A11.A
23.4B$264.2A2.4B3DB4.2A8.3A22.4B$269.2B2D2BD6B7.A24.4B$270.10B5.B3.2A
11.A10.4B$270.11B2.8B11.3A7.4B$270.19B16.A5.4B$267.2A20B15.2A4.4B$
267.2A21B14.9B6.2A$267.25B14.6B7.A$269.26B2.2B2.B3.6B5.2A.A$269.4B4.
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