Flying wing

Flying wing
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Pattern type	Growing spaceship
Number of cells	648
Bounding box	159×90
Direction	Orthogonal
Front period	8
Front speed	c/2
Back period	28
Back speed	(3,5)c/28
Discovered by	Emerson J. Perkins
Year of discovery	2010
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 only Important rules Conway Life # of rules 20 = 1 Isotropic rules B3/S23 – B37e/S234c6i
Pattern files RLE flyingwing.rle

Flying wing is a growing spaceship created by Emerson J. Perkins for the 2010 Pattern of the Year competition. It is built of four backrake 1s whose output gliders are consumed by a reaction which moves a line of beehives at the back of the ship. The back part therefore moves at a speed of (3,5)c/28, so not only does the spaceship lengthen, but it grows outwards as well.