Period-46 glider gun
- This article is about period-46 guns as a general concept. For specific guns with period 46, see p46 gun (disambiguation).
A period-46 glider gun is a glider gun which has true-period 46. The first one found was the new gun by Bill Gosper in 1971. Prior to the discovery of Tanner's p46 in October 2017, all known p46 guns were made from two or more twin bees shuttles that interact (e.g., see twin bees shuttle pair). See edge shooter and double-barrelled for two more of these.
On 21 October 2017 Heinrich Koenig found the glider gun shown below, which uses two copies of Tanner's p46 placed at right angles to each other. This is the first p46 gun found which makes no use of the twin bees shuttle.[1]
There are period-46 guns that use honey farm hasslers, but not exclusively; they require either the twin bees shuttle or Tanner's p46 as support.[2]
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See gliderless for a LWSS gun made of 3 copies of Tanner's p46.
On May 2, 2022 iNoMed found a period-46 gun that uses an engine unrelated to the twin bees shuttle or Tanner's p46.[3]
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See also
- Bi-gun
- New gun 1
- Vacuum (gun)
- Tanner's p46
- Edge shooter
- Three quarters traffic light catalyst, which can be used with a single twin bees shuttle to create the smallest known p46 gun
References
- ↑ Heinrich Koenig (October 21, 2017). Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ Matthias Merzenich (July 5, 2021). Re: Gun Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ iNoMed (May 2, 2022). Re: Gun Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- p46 gun at the Life Lexicon