Wing

Wing
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Pattern type	Induction coil
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	4 × 4
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Pattern files Plaintext wing.cells RLE wing.rle

This article is about the induction coil. For the extensible c/4 spaceship, see Wing (spaceship).

This article is about the induction coil. For a group of switch engines which form half of a cordership, see Cordership.

Wing, or R-loaf, is a common induction coil which can be analysed as a loaf with an extra cell added as to make it asymmetric.

Wing-wing still lifes

As mentioned previously, it can act as an induction coil. Two wings suffice to make a still life, with five possible isomers:

Cis-mirrored wing	Trans-mirrored wing	Shift-mirrored wing	Cis-rotated wing	Trans-rotated wing

A sixth still life exists in which physical connection between both wings exists:

Wing bridge wing

As an evolutionary sequence

The wing is also a very common evolutionary sequence. In the form shown in the infobox to the right, it stabilizes at generation 104 as a block and a glider. A WSW-3 conduit can be made by eating the extra block using another block or eater 1.

One of its predecessors, the block and glider, is technically a failed puffer, as it reappears thirty-two generations later having been shifted 3 cells right and 7 cells up, but is turned into a B-heptomino another three generations later.

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The block and glider, one of the most well-known and smallest predecessors of the wing (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

Like other common evolutionary sequences, the wing can be hassled, such as in the p25 wing and block hassler and p128 wing shuttle;.

As a still life component

One of its predecessors, the nine, is a common still life component that is normally unstable. It can be attached to many still lifes or unstable components.

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The nine, a still life component, and one of the smallest predecessors of the wing (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

A green background indicates that the object the nine is added to is stable without it; a red background indicates this is not the case.

Object		Population	Other part
	Integral sign	9		Pre-block
	Tub with nine	10		Tub
File:Hookwithnine.png	Hook with nine			Hook
	Cis-boat with nine	11		Boat
	Trans-boat with nine
	Long hook with nine			Long hook
	Hungry hat		Unnamed
	Cis-barge with nine	12		Barge
	Trans-barge with nine
	Beehive with nine			Beehive
	Claw with nine			Claw
	Cis-very long hook with nine			Very long hook
	Trans-very long hook with nine
	Twelve loop		Unnamed

See also

• Dove (R-mango)

External links

• Wing at the Life Lexicon