Pipsquirter 2 is most useful because of its ability to act as a 90-degree gliderreflector (see p7 bouncer) when it is combined with a block, boat and eater 1. It takes 9 generations to recover from the impact, and the input path (in green) and output path (in red) of the glider are shown below. This reaction is the basis of the p49 glider shuttle and the bricklayer.
A version of the pipsquirter stator with slightly higher clearance is shown in the p7 bouncer article. The following larger period-7 pipsquirter reflector is used in cases where space is limited where the reflector should extend southward for as short a distance as possible.
A different version led to a period 56 gun due to its thin size.
x = 76, y = 56, rule = B3/S23
74bo$73bo$73b3o5$67bo$66bo$66b3o14$11b2o$10b2o$12bo3$46bo$45bo$18b2o
25b3o$17b2o$5b2o12bo$6b3o$4bo4bo$2b6obo29bo$bo5bob2o4b2o21bo$bob2obo4b
o2bobo21b3o$2bo3bob2obo2bo$4bobo2bob2obo$3b2o3bo5b2o$2bo2b2obob4o2bo3b
2o$o2bo3bobo3bobo3bobo$2obo3bo2b2obo2b4o2b2o$bobob2obobobobobo3b2o2bo$
o2b3o2bo5bo4bo2bobo$obo3bob2o3b2o4bob2ob2o9b2o$bob4o2bo2bobo4bo5bo5b2o
2b2o$3bo3bo6b2o3bo2b4o4bobo$3bob2o2bo2bobo4bo5bo5bo$4bobob2o3b2o4bob2o
b2o$6bobo5bo4bo2bobo8b2o$6bobo3bobobo3b2o2bo8bo$7bo3bobo2b4o2b2o10b3o$
11bobobo3bobo14bo$12b2ob2o3b2o!
#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 X -16 Y 12 Z 10 GPS 14 HEIGHT 480 AUTOSTART LOOP 112 ]]
