Rectifier
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| Rectifier | |||||||
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| Pattern type | Stable reflector | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 59 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 41 × 33 | ||||||
| Angle | 180° | ||||||
| Repeat time | 106 | ||||||
| Discovered by | Adam P. Goucher | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 2009 | ||||||
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The rectifier is a 180° stable reflector, notable for its recovery time of 106 generations and small number of catalysts. It can replace the boojum reflector in a large number of instances, although in some cases it cannot fit into the space provided. It has several advantages over the boojum reflector, namely:
* It has a much faster recovery time, allowing certain guns to be compacted. * The output path is free of catalysts, enabling it to be used as a merge device. * The passive bounding box is slightly smaller, so it can compact many glider guns.
The transparent beehive reaction was discovered by Paul Callahan in 1996.
External Links
The RLE file containing the reflector [1]