Wicks & Fuses
More Puffer Orbits
Wicks & Fuses
Here's another batch of puffer orbits found by Jason Summers.
In the following tables, the percentages are approximate, intended to illustrate how common or rare a particular puffer might be. The bit patterns are not the actual puffer, but a simpler pattern which will eventually evolve into the puffer.
The first puffer presented here is a based on a large Period 3 which moves at a speed of
c/3. It also has a slightly smaller Period 12 variation.
| P222+102 | ≈97% |
| P114+3 | ≈3% |
| 306P3H1V0 | 0.04% |
| P273+130 | 0% |
| P180+161 | 0.005% |
| 450+239 | trace |
| 304P12H4V0 | trace |
The next set of puffers are based on a Period 28 Spaceship.
| 213P28H7V0 | 99.94% |
| 140+90 | 0.04% |
| P168+109 | 0.02% |
| P56+14 | trace |
Another pair of puffers are based on a Period 2 Spaceship previously used to create a Period 8 Glider rake,
both of which are shown also.
| P224+124 | 99.98% |
| P32+7 | 0.02% |
The final set includes a previously known B Heptomino based Tub puffer.
| P24+4 | 99.87% |
| P12+7 | 0.13% |
| P2724+4153 | 0.02% |