Buckaroo

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Buckaroo
x = 27, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 8b3o$8bo17bo$9bo14b2o$25b2o5$9bo$7bobo$6bobo$2o3bo2bo$2o4bobo$7bobo9b 2o$9bo9bobo$21bo$21b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 GPS 10 X -2 Y 4 Z 18 LOOP 60 ]]
Pattern type Reflector
Oscillator
Number of cells 23
Bounding box 23 × 9
Frequency class 42.0
Angle 90°
Period 30
Heat 16.7
Discovered by David Buckingham
Year of discovery Unknown

Buckaroo is a queen bee shuttle stabilized at one or both ends by an eater 1 in such a way that it can turn a glider. The glider turning reaction uses a banana spark and is colour-preserving. The mechanism was found by David Buckingham in the 1970s. Its name is due to Bill Gosper.

It's also possible to reflect a glider 180 degrees with a buckaroo, with a different return glider lane and timing than the 180-degree reflection performed by the pentadecathlons in a relay.

x = 23, y = 27, rule = B3/S23 20bo$20bobo$20b2o16$10bo$8bobo$7bobo$6bo2bo11b2o$7bobo11b2o$2b2o4bobo$ bobo6bo$bo$2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART GPS 15 LOOP 150 Y 8 THUMBLAUNCH THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 ZOOM 12 HEIGHT 320 ]]
Buckaroo reflecting a glider
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RLE: here Plaintext: here

A variant of the buckaroo first appeared naturally on April 1, 2015, in a soup submitted to Catagolue by Brett Berger.[1]

See also

References

  1. Adam P. Goucher (April 1, 2015). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

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