Fx176
| Fx176 | |||||||||
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| Pattern type | Conduit | ||||||||
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| Conduit type | Composite | ||||||||
| Input | Herschel | ||||||||
| Number of cells | 81 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 38 × 38 | ||||||||
| Output orientation | Unturned, flipped | ||||||||
| Output offset | (45, 0) | ||||||||
| Step | 176 ticks | ||||||||
| Recovery time (ignoring FNG if any) |
92 ticks | ||||||||
| Minimum overclock period (ignoring FNG if any) |
Unknown | ||||||||
| Spartan? | Yes | ||||||||
| Dependent? | No | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Paul Callahan | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 1997 | ||||||||
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Fx176 is a composite conduit, one of the original sixteen Herschel conduits, discovered by Paul Callahan in October 1997. It is made up of three elementary conduits, HF95P, PF35W and WFx46H. After 176 ticks, it produces an inverted Herschel at (45, 0) relative to the input. Its recovery time is 92 ticks.
For the form in infobox, the reaction envelope leaves little space to place an eater for the first natural glider from output, so it needs to be followed by a dependent conduit to protect the uppermost eater 1.
Due to slmake capable of constructing eater bridge eater, it is considered Spartan in 2018.
In the pattern shown in infobox, a ghost Herschel marks the output location.
| A non-spartan version of Fx176 that can be connected to an indepandant conduit. (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
The pi output is symmetrical, and the PF35W can connect to it in either of two mirror-image orientations. This means that an F176 conduit is equally possible, also with a 73-tick repeat time.
| F176 conduit (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
Gallery
 HF95P |
+ |  PF35W |
+ |  WFx46H |
| The elementary conduits that form Fx176 | ||||
External links
- Fx176 at the Life Lexicon
- Stephen Silver on Stable Reflectors at Paul Callahan's Page of Conway's Life Miscellany