c/7 diagonal spaceship

[Sokwe]

Here is a c/7 diagonal spaceship found using WinLifeSearch:

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x = 26, y = 26, rule = B3/S23
12b3o$12bo$13bo2b2o$16b2o$12b2o$13b2o$12bo2bo2$14bo2bo$14bo3bo$15b3obo
$20bo$2o2bobo13bo$obob2o13bo$o4bo2b2o13b2o$6bo3bo6b2o2b2o2bo$2b2o6bo6b
o2bo$2b2o4bobo4b2o$9bo5bo3bo3bo$10bo2bo4b2o$11b2o3bo5bobo$15bo8b2o$15b
o4bo$14bo3bo$14bo5b2o$15bo5bo!

The wings at the front were found with a short, wide search, and their small,
versatile connection to other components prompted me to find a bilaterally
symmetric, long, narrow completion, much in the way that Hartmut Holzwart did to
find his small c/6 orthogonal spaceship (see 56P6H1V0).

[calcyman]

Just to re-iterate, I'm amazed: omega+13th spaceship velocity so far...

[David]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tropylium]

That's a really neat engine. It looks fairly synthesizable, actually. Also, I wouldn't be surprized if a smaller one-engine stabilization turns out to exist…

[David]

Sokwe, your name is Matthias Merzenich, right?

[Sokwe]

Sokwe, your name is Matthias Merzenich, right?

yes

[EricG]

Congratulations!

Are you going to name it?

I'm sure this is quite trivial, but I think it is neat that two or more can be placed close enough together to form pseudo-spaceships, and pairs can be in synch, or out of synch like this:

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x = 43, y = 43, rule = B3/S23
21bo5bo$21b2o5bo$24bo3bo$22bo4bo$17b2o8bo$18bobo5bo3b2o$23b2o4bo2bo$
19bo3bo3bo5bo$26b2o4bobo4b2o$22bo2bo6bo6b2o$17bo2b2o2b2o6bo3bo$18b2o
13b2o2bo4bo$23bo13b2obobo$22bo13bobo2b2o$22bo$23bob3o$24bo3bo$9b2o14bo
2bo$3b3o5bo$5bo3b2o16bo2bo$bo3b6o17b2o$bo5b2o20b2o$b3o5bo3b2o10b2o$3bo
3b3o2bo2bo9b2o2bo$3b2ob2ob2o2bo2bo13bo$3b2obo2bo7bo4b2o4b3o$ob2ob4o5bo
b2o4b2o$ob2o3bo7bob3o$bo15bo2bo4bo$6bo11bobo2b3o$5bobo12bo3bo$5bo3bo
12bo$6bo3bo$7bobo$8b4o$10bobo$10bo$11b3o2$8b2o4bo$8b2o2bo$12b2o$11b2o!

I look forward to the first orthogonal c/7 ship!

[137ben]

I'm sure this is quite trivial, but I think it is neat that two or more can be placed close enough together to form pseudo-spaceships, and pairs can be in synch, or out of synch like this:

Those two are not connected/interacting with each other at all

Regardless, this is an amazing discovery!

[EricG]

Those two are not connected/interacting with each other at all

Since they travel only one cell away from each other in one spot, I thought they form a pseudo-spaceship just as two blocks which are one cell away form a pseudo-stilllife. If that was a late-night mistake, I apologize, and in any case, I don't want to distract from Skowe's discovery!

[ebcube]

Those two are not connected/interacting with each other at all

Since they travel only one cell away from each other in one spot, I thought they form a pseudo-spaceship just as two blocks which are one cell away form a pseudo-stilllife. If that was a late-night mistake, I apologize, and in any case, I don't want to distract from Skowe's discovery!

You can place two orthogonally symmetric patterns one cell away and they will never interact, as the rule (B3/S23) doesn't have B2, B4, B6 or B8.

[Sokwe]

Here's an extension of the spaceship with the wings being used as pushalongs:

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x = 44, y = 34, rule = B3/S23
11b3o$11bo$2o2bobo5bo2b2o$obob2o9b2o$o4bo2bo2b2o$6bo5b2o$2b2o7bo2bo$2b
2o$13bo16b3o$20b3o7bo$20bo10bo2b2o$9b2o2bobo5bo2b2o8b2o$9bobob2o9b2o4b
2o$9bo4bo2bo2b2o9b2o$15bo5b2o7bo2bo$11b2o7bo2bo$11b2o19bo2bo$22bo9bo3b
o$33b3obo$38bo$18b2o2bobo13bo$18bobob2o13bo$18bo4bo2b2o13b2o$24bo3bo6b
2o2b2o2bo$20b2o6bo6bo2bo$20b2o4bobo4b2o$27bo5bo3bo3bo$28bo2bo4b2o$29b
2o3bo5bobo$33bo8b2o$33bo4bo$32bo3bo$32bo5b2o$33bo5bo!