Wing

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
x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23 b2o$o2bo$bobo$2b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
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Pattern type	Methuselah
Number of cells	8
Bounding box	4 × 4
MCPS	8
Lifespan	104 generations
Final population	9
L/I	13
F/I	1.1
F/L	0.087
L/MCPS	13
Static symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B38/S238 # of rules 22 = 4 Isotropic rules B3/S23 – B38/S236i8
Glider synthesis Fewest gliders 3 Uploaded synthesis RLE wing_synth.rle
Pattern files Plaintext wing.cells RLE wing.rle

Wing (W in conduit names), also called block and glider, is a common evolutionary sequence that stabilizes at generation 104 as a block and a glider. A WSW-3 conduit can be made by eating the extra block using a block or eater 1. The six-cell grandparent of the wing is technically a failed puffer, as it reappears 32 generations later shifted 3 cells right and 7 cells up only to be turned into a B-heptomino 3 generations later.

The term "block and glider" traditionally refers to the most common grandparent of the wing, which has six cells and a lifespan of 106 generations. That pattern has a six-cell parent called nine, although this name is rare. Confused eaters hassles this predecessor.

Like other common evolutionary sequences, wings can be hassled, such as in the p25 wing and block hassler and p128 wing shuttle; the latter is the smallest p128 oscillator by population.

The generation in the infobox is also an induction coil; it is sometimes called R-loaf when being used this way.

Gallery

Generation 104 of wing

o$o$obo$b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ GPS 4 THUMBSIZE 2 ]] The great-grandparent of the wing called "nine" (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

bo$obo$obo$bo$4b2o$4bo$4bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ GPS 8 THUMBSIZE 2 ]] A pattern that enters the wing sequence fairly late (click above to open LifeViewer)

See also

• List of common evolutionary sequences
• Dove (R-mango)

External links

• Block and glider at the Life Lexicon

• Wing at the Life Lexicon