Tagalong
A tagalong (or less commonly a tugalong[1]) is an object that is not a spaceship by itself, but can be attached to one or more spaceships to form a larger spaceship. For example, Canada goose is a spaceship made by attaching a tagalong to the back of a glider. Well-known tagalongs include Schick engine, fly, sidecar and sparky.
A strict tagalong is one that does not affect the tagged spaceship in any way. For example, the lobster is not a strict tagalong, but Orion 2 is.
Pushalong
A pushalong is a tagalong that is located at the front of the spaceship that it is attached to. Pushalong 1 is an example that was found by David Bell in 1992 that can be attached to the front of a middleweight spaceship.[2] Another pushalong can be seen at Bulldozer. Further notable examples include cottonmouth and the extra wings for lobster.
| A pushalong (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
Sidecar
A sidecar is a tagalong that is located to the side of the spaceship that it is attached to. Sidecar is a notable example which attaches to a heavyweight spaceship; there also exist sidecars for Corderships, middleweight spaceships and 7WSSes.[3]
| A sidecar (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here |
Still life tagalong
A still life tagalong is a tagalong that takes the form of a still life in at least one phase. An example is shown below in which the tagalong looks like a pond.[4] The smallest known example, which is also the only known natural example, is MWSS and HWSS dragging block. Certain other such reactions, such as a block being pulled by two sparkers of speed (1,0)c/p (p for period, p ≥ 4), are known.[5]
| A still life tagalong (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here Catagolue: here |
See also
- Tagalongs (category)
References
- ↑ "Tugalong". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on May 14, 2009.
- ↑ "Pushalong". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on May 22, 2009.
- ↑ David Bell (December 25, 2017). Re: Cordership made using individual switch engines (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
- ↑ "Still life tagalong". The Life Lexicon. Stephen Silver. Retrieved on May 22, 2009.
- ↑ Matthias Merzenich (July 26, 2019). Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
External links
- Tagalong at the Life Lexicon