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Here are several spaceships and puffers built by combining Corderman
switch engines.


#N 6-engine Cordership
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (7/9/98)
x = 66, y = 61, rule = B3/S23
32bo$30b2ob2o$32bo$47b2o$46bo2bo$33b2o11b2ob2o$32bo2bo11bo$31b2o3bo10b
3o$31bo4bo19b2o$31bo3bo20b2o$32bo2bo$33bo3$21bo7bo14b2o$20b3o5bobo12bo
b2o$19b2ob4o2bo2bo10b2o20b2o$20b3o2bo18bo19b2o$21bo2b2o2bo$25b2obobo$
29bo10b2o$40b2o2$3o49b3o$4bo28bo22bo$4b2o13bo12bobo21b2o$4bo2bo11bo12b
obo21bo2bo$5bobo11bo13bo23bobo$5bo51bo$4b2o15bo34b2o$3bobo14bobo32bobo
$5b2o14bo35b2o$2b2o50b2o$4bo37bo13bo$42bo$42bo8bo$49bobo$43b3o2bo3bo$
44bob5o$50bo$45b2o3$7b2o$7b2o3$24b3o$28bo$28b2o$28bo2bo$15b2o12bobo$
15b2o12bo$28b2o$27bobo$29b2o$26b2o$28bo2$23b2o$23b2o!

#N 1-row, 7-engine glide-reflecting Cordership
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (7/23/98)
x = 114, y = 113, rule = B3/S23
95bo$78b3o8bo5bo$77bo3bo6bo7bo$78b2o9b4o2b2o$80b2ob2o9b3o$82b2o11bobo$
96bo7b2o$96bo7b2o3$88bo$87bobo$87bobo$74b3o11bo$75bo36b2o$75bo2bo33b2o
$75bo2bo$76bobo$96bo$95bobo$95bobo$96bo2$75b2o$53bobo18b2o$52bo19b3o$
53bo2bo$55bobo14b2o$58bo$57b3o$57bo$39bo15b2o$39bo5b3o9bo13b3o$38bobo
3b2o2bo6bo2bo12b3o$39bo3bo5bo5bobo13b2o$39bo3bo11bo14bo21b3o$44bo2b2o
19b2o2bo21bo$45b2o22bo3bo19bo$69bo2bo$70b3o5$55b2o$55b2o$42b2o$42b2o$
41b2obo$28bobo13bo$27bo16b2ob3o$28bo2bo12bob2obo$30bobo9b2o3b2o14b2o$
33bo8b2o19b2o$32b3o4bob3o9b2o$32bo6bo13b2o$30b2o$32bo$30bo2bo$30bobo$
30bo2$54bobo$54bo2bo2$22b3o30bobo$23bo31b3o$23bo2bo29bobo$23bo2bo30b2o
bo$24bobo31b3o2$48bo$48bobo$48b2o2$23b2o3$b3o8b2o$o3bo6bo2bo$b2o9b2o$
3b2ob2o$5b2o4$20b2o$19bo2bo$20b2o6$26b2o$7b2o15bo3bob2o$7b2o15bo3bob2o
$24bo3b2o$25b3o$25b3o4$15b2o15bo$15b2o15bobo$32b2o6$23b2o$23b2o!

#N 6-engine Corderrake
#C Period 96, speed c/12 diagonal, sideways glider puffer
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (7/24/98)
x = 74, y = 71, rule = B3/S23
45bo$28b3o8bo5bo$27bo3bo6bo7bo$28b2o9b4o2b2o$30b2ob2o9b3o$32b2o11bobo$
46bo7b2o$46bo7b2o4$21b3o$20bo3bo$19bo3b2o17bo$20bo20bobo18b2o$21b4o16b
o2bo17b2o$23bob2o15b2o$23bo2bo$24b2o12b2o$38b2o3$31bo$14bo15bobo$2o7b
2o2bobo14bobo19b2o7b2o$3o6b4o3bo14bo20b3o6b3o$2obobo7bo38b2obobo$3b2o
10bob2o36b2o$15bobo$16bo4b2o$21b2o8$64b2o$22b2o25bo14b2o$14b2o4bob2o
24bobo$5b2o5bo3bobobo26b2ob2o$5b2o6b2obob2o6b2o19b2o$13bo3b2o7b2o25b2o
$47b3o2bo$51bob2o$49bo2bo19b2o$52bo19b2o$50b2o$13b2o$13b2o35bo$48b2ob
2o$51bo$48bo$50bo2$39bo$21b2o15bobo5bo$21b2o21b2ob2o$38b3o2bo3b2o$44b
2ob2o$44b4o4$29b2o$29b2o2$62bo$61bo$61b3o!

#N 6-engine, period 96, speed c/12 diagonal, backward glider puffer
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (7/24/98)
x = 94, y = 70, rule = B3/S23
31bobo$30bo2bo$31bobo$47b2o$47bobo$33bo13b3o$32bob2o11bo2bo$32bob2o12b
o$31bo3bo12bo7b2o$32b4o20b2o$32b3o15bo$47bo$50bo2$21bo6b2o14b2o$20bobo
3bo3bo12bobo$19bo3bobo3b2o12bobo18b2o$20bobo2bobob2o12bo20b2o$21bo3bo
2b2o$25bo4bo$26bo2bo10b2o$28bo11b2o$bobo$o$bo2bo28bo38b2o$3bobo26bobo
37b2o$6bo11b3o11bobo$5b3o25bo$5bo$3b2o16bo$5bo14bobo$3bo2bo14bo$3bobo
59bo$3bo58b4o4$65bobo$40bo25bo$39b3o14b2o6b2o$38bo10bo2bo4bo6bo2bo$39b
2ob2o6b3o2bo2bo4b2ob2o$40b3ob2o5b2o2bo2bo$7b2o33b4o9bo2bo$7b2o47b3o4$
49bo$48bobo$36bo11bobo$15b2o18b3o11bo$15b2o$35b3o$36b2ob2o$38bo$57bo$
56bobo$56bobo$23b2o32bo$23b2o7$92bo$93bo$91b3o!

#N 5-engine boat puffer
#C A speed c/12 diagonal puffer built from 5 Corderman switch engines,
#C which produces a boat (pointing forward) every 96 gens.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (9/6/98)
x = 95, y = 62, rule = B3/S23
39bo$34bo2bobo2bo3bo$34bo4b2ob5o$34bo3bo4bobo2$36b3o$37bo18b2o$56b2o6$
44bo$43bobo18b2o$24bo18bo2bo17b2o$24bo19b2o$24bo$28bo11b2o$24b3o2bo10b
2o$23bo4bo$23bo3bo$24b3o$33b2o$30b2ob2o23b5o$3bo19bobo30b2o5b2o3b2o$3b
o19bobo30bo7bo2bo2bo$3bo19bobo30b2o7bo2bo2bo$ob3obo16bobo32b2o6bo3b2o$
ob5o13bo3b2o35bo$4bobo12bobo39bo4bo$b2o19bo39b2obo$b2o16bo3bo$2bo16bo$
2b2o16bo2bo$3bo3b2o10b2obo$3bo16b2o$bob2o$2bo4$49b3o24b2o$29b2o17bo3bo
23bobo$18bo9bo2bo16bo3bo24bo$18b2o9b2o17bo3bo$17bo$18b3o28b2ob2o$7b2o
10bo30bo2bo$7b2o42bobo$52b2o30b2o$37b2o10bo3bo30bobo$36bo2bo8bobobobo
30bo$37b2o10bo2$80bobo$15b2o64bo$15b2o54b2o$71b2o19b2o$45b2o45bobo$44b
o2bo45bo$45b2o!

#N 5-engine block puffer
#C A speed c/12 diagonal puffer built from 5 Corderman switch engines,
#C which produces a block every 96 gens.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (9/5/98)
x = 78, y = 72, rule = B3/S23
41bobo$27bobo7bo2bo2bo$26b2ob2o5bobob2obo$27bob2o6bo$31bo11b3o$30bo13b
2o$30bo12b2o7b2o$52b2o3$36bo$35bobo$23bo11bobo$22bobo11bo$60b2o$22bo2b
o34b2o$24b2o$25bo$44bo$43bobo$43bobo$44bo$22b2o44b2o$24bo43b2o$b3o18b
2o36bo$bobo56bo$o3bo55bo$o3bo56b2o$o60b3o$o4b2o54b2o$o6bo12b2o$bo5bo
11b3o$b2o16bobo$3bo3bo9bo2bo$4bobo10b3o40bo$61bo$18b2o40bo$b3o43bo$o3b
o13bo24b5o7b2o$bo2bo14bo23bo3bobo4b3o$3b2o13b2o23b3o3b3o3b3o3b2o$18bo
30b2o2b3o5b2o$49bo$15bo2bo9b2o16b3o23bo$17b4o6bo2bo15b2o23bobo$14bo13b
2o41bobo$15b2o2b2o51bo2$6b2o7b2o50b2o$6b2o6b2o50bo2bo$15b2o2bo47b2o$
36b2o$35bo2bo$36b2o$50b3obo5b2o$46bobo2bobobo4b2o$14b2o31b2ob4ob2o$14b
2o30bo3b2o3bo$46bobo3b3o$53bo$47bo$44b3o$68b2o$68b2o7$76b2o$76b2o!

#N 6-engine edge block puffer
#C A speed c/12 diagonal puffer built from 6 Corderman switch engines,
#C which produces a block every 96 gens.  The block is on the edge of
#C the flight path.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (7/7/98)
x = 74, y = 56, rule = B3/S23
53b2o$39bo9bo3b3o$39b4o5bobo2bo$39bo3bo5bo3bo2bo$57bo$41b3o10bobo$55b
2o7b2o$64b2o4$32bo$31bobo$31bobo18bo$31bo2bo16bobo18b2o$32bobo16bo2bo
17b2o$35bo16b2o$34b2o$34bo13b2o$48b2o3$41bo$40bobo22b5o$40bobo20b2o5b
2o$41bo21bo7bo$63b2o7bo$65b2o6bo$27b2o39bo$12b3o12b2o39bo4bo$11bo3bo
53b2obo$12b2o$14b2ob2o$16b2o2$54b3o$35b2o18bo$b3o31b2o18bo2bo$2bo20b2o
30bo2bo$2bo2bo16bo2bo30bobo$2bo2bo17b2o$3bobo2$64bo$43b2o18bobo$43b2o
19bo$2bo15b2o$bobo14b2o36b2obo$2bo51b2o$14b2o$13bo2bo37bo4bo$4o10bobo
38b3o$2o3bo9bo$bo4bo$3bob2o$4bo!

#N Carpenter
#C A speed c/12 diagonal puffer built from 5 Corderman switch engines,
#C which produces a pair of tables (a 12-bit still-life) every 96 gens.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (9/5/98)
x = 67, y = 72, rule = B3/S23
29bo$28bobo2$28bo2bo3bob3o$30bo4bo$31bob2obobo$32b2o3bo$33bo15b2o$49b
2o7$57b2o$57b2o2$32bo$22bo9bo$21bobo8bo3bo$20bo3bo10bobo$21bobo12bo$
22bo42b2o$65b2o$22b4o$21bo4bo$23bo$20bo3bo2bo$20bob3obo$obo18b3obo31bo
$3o51b4o$2o15bo$17bo$16bo$3bo13b2o38bobo$bobo12bo2bo38bo$b3o12bobo37b
2o$4bo51bo2bo$5o12bo37b2ob2o$15bo2bo$16b4o$18b2o23bo$16bo26bo7bo$15b2o
26bo5b3o$15bo2bo8b2o13b2o3bobo$16b3o7bo2bo18bo2bo$17bo9b2o18bo2b2o3$5b
2o$5b2o2$35b2o$34bo2bo$35b2o3$13b2o$13b2o27bo2bo$42b4o2$42b4o$42bo2bo
4$50bo2bo$50b4o2$50b4o$50bo2bo!

#C 12-engine, period 96, speed c/12 diagonal, backward LWSS puffer
#C A 6-engine rake fires gliders at a 6-engine Cordership, where they
#C are turned 45 degrees.
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (7/24/98)
x = 158, y = 92, rule = B3/S23
95bo$95bo7bo$95bo5b3o$94b2o3bobo$100bo2bo$99bo2b2o$114b2o$114b2o7$122b
2o$24b3o95b2o$24bo2bo$27bo58b3o8bo$24b2o15b2o54bo$23bobo15b2o41bo5bo6b
o3bo$24bo2b3o54b7o9bobo$25b2o2bo56bo14bo$25bo3bo56bo3bo39b2o$26bobo10b
obo43bo44b2o$28bo12bo44bo32bo$25bo2bo16bo41bo4bo26bo7bo$25bo13b3o7b2o
36bo4bo26bo5b3o$40b2o7b2o35b2obobo26b2o3bobo$24b2o2bo11b2o43bobo36bo2b
o$25b3o13b2o29bo7bo5bo36bo2b2o$42bo28b3o5bobo$70b2ob4o2bo2bo13b2o$40bo
30b3o2bo18bo2bo$39bobo30bo2b2o2bo16b2o$13bobo13b2o8bo17b2o17b2obobo$
12b2ob2o12b2o7bo3b2o13b2o21bo$13bob2o21b2o2b2o$17bo20bo$16bo$16bo25b2o
47b2o$35bo6b2o47b2o$2bo33b2o49bo20bo$bobo33bo27b2o18b2ob2o15b4o$23b2o
40b2o17b5o$bo2bo17bo2bo50bo7b2ob2o$3b2o18b2o50b4o7bo$4bo69bo4bo28bobo$
73b2o34bo$74bobob2o27b2o$75b3o29bo2bo$76bo29b2ob2o$b2o15b2o35b3o$3bo
14b2o39bo35bo$2b2o55b2o34bo7bo$b3o10b2o43bo2bo32bo5b3o$b2o10bo2bo43bob
o16b2o13b2o3bobo$3obo9bobo43bo18b2o19bo2bo$bo3bo9bo43b2o38bo2b2o$3bo2b
o51bobo$3b3o54b2o$4b2o51b2o$40bo3b2o2b2obo7bo$40bo3b2o4bob2o$40bo3b2o
2b2ob2o34b2o$44b2o41b2o$42bo2bo52b2o$42bobo52b4o$6b2o16b3o16bo53b2ob2o
$6b2o16bo2bo71b2o$27bo$24b2o$23bobo$24bo2b3o$25b2o2bo124b2o$25bo3bo
123b4o$14b2o10bobo39bo84b2ob2o$14b2o12bo39b2o85b2o$25bo2bo9b2ob2o24bob
o$25bo12bo$39bobo$23bo4bo$27bo$25bo$22bobo$57bo$46b2o8bobo$46b2o4$56bo
bo$57bo!

#N 18-engine, period 96, speed c/12 diagonal, forward glider puffer
#C The forward glider results from a collision between a backward LWSS
#C and a sideways glider.  (It would be nice to have a smaller forward
#C glider puffer.)
#O Dean Hickerson, dean.hickerson@yahoo.com (7/24/98)
x = 220, y = 102, rule = B3/S23
174b2o$174b3o$174b2obo$178bo13bo$170bo3b2o3bo12bo$180bo11bo$177bobo$
107b3o67bo$107bo64bo4bobo13bo$108bo82b2ob2o4b2o$176b4o20b2o$176b2o12bo
bo$190bo3bo$190b2o2bo$191b3o$95bo6b2o59b3o26bo$94bobo3bo3bo67bo15bo$
93bo3bobo3b2o60b2o5b3o12bobo18b2o$94bobo2bobob2o60b4o4bo13bo2bo17b2o$
95bo3bo2b2o61b2ob3ob2o14b2o$99bo4bo65bobo$100bo2bo10b2o68b2o$102bo11b
2o68b2o$123b3o$123bo22bo51bo$124bo20b3o29bo19b3o$144b3obo14bo12bobo17b
3obo$143b2o3b2o6bo2bo3bo12bobo16b2o3b2o$24b3o115b2obo2b2o6bo3bo2bo13bo
16b2obo2b2o$24b3o95b2o19b2obob2o5bo39b2obob2o$25bo96b2o20b3ob2o6bob2o
5bo30b3ob2o$26b2o59bo58bo4bo13b2o31bo4bo$27bo59bo59b4o13bo34b4o$26bo
14b2o44bo8b3o50bo12bo38bo$41b2o48bo9bo60bo$87b3o2bo7bobo$86bo4bo9bo$
24b2o60bo3bo39b2o$24b2o61b3o40b2o$25bo93bo6b2o11b3o52b3o$25bo15bo76bob
o3bo3bo10bo54b3o$24bobo15b2o5b2o35bobo28bo3bobo3b2o11bo69b2o$23bo16bob
o6b2o35bobo29bobo2bobob2o65bob2o12b2o$24bo2b2o11bo45bobo30bo3bo2b2o66b
o3bo$25bo3bo11b2o31bo11bobo34bo4bo22b2o8b2o33b3o$27b2o14bo25bo2bobo2bo
3bo5b2o35bo2bo23b2o8b2o$27bo13b3o25bo4b2ob5o14b2o28bo33bobo$13bo28bo
26bo3bo4bobo14bo2bo$12bobo25b2o54b2o$11bo3bo13b2o26b2o12b3o121bo22b2o$
11bo3bo13b2o8b2o16b2o13bo121bobo21b2o$11bobob3o21b2o154bo$12b2obo2bo
140b2o33b2o$16bobo140b2o33b2o$16b2o24b2o47b2o102bo$2bo39b2o47b2o14bo
47b3o35bob2o$bobo82bobo17bobo46bo38bob2obo$bobo61b2o19bobo16bo3bo46bo
37bo4bo$bo2bo18b2o40b2o21bo17bobo88bobo$2bobo17bo2bo60b2o19bo$5bo17b2o
61bo80b2o17b2o3b4o$4b2o79b3o19b4o56b2o12b3obo2bo6bo$4bo71bob2o26bo4bo
73bo2bo2b5o$72b3ob2obo28bo76bo2bo$73bo3bobo25bo3bo2bo74bo$74bo3bo26bob
3obo72bobo$2bo15b2o37bobo46b3obo74bo$bobo14b2o36bo2bo35bo6b2o$3bo53bob
o34bobo3bo3bo70b2o$3bo10b2o77bo3bobo3b2o70b2o$3bo9bo2bo62b2o13bobo2bob
ob2o$14bobo42bo19b2o14bo3bo2b2o67b3o$4bo10bo42bob2o37bo4bo66bo$2ob3o
52bob2o38bo2bo68bo$2b3ob2o49bo3bo40bo102bo$5bo35b2obo13b4o142bo$40b3ob
o6bobo4b3o143b3o$39bo4bobo4bo$40b2o6bobo3bo32b2o$41bo3bo2bo2b2o34b2o$
24b3o17bob2o3bo47bo2bo$24b3o16bobo57bo$6b2o17bo17bobo53bo3bo$6b2o18b2o
72b4o$27bo$26bo2$187b3o$155bo2bo28bo$24b2o43b2o88bo28bo$14b2o8b2o42bob
o84bo3bo$14b2o9bo44bo85b4o$38b2o$38b2o7$46b2o$46b2o!