Synthesis for period 16 oscillator.

[Awesomeness]

This period 16 oscillator is very similar to... I don't know it's name and four eaters. I found syntheses for both objects. I believe that a synthesis could be made for this oscillator. Here's my progress:

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x = 108, y = 63, rule = B3/S23
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo6bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo2$o35bo6bo63bo$4b2o4b2obo$o4bo4bob2o
7b2o9b2o2bo6bo63bo$4bo3b2o11bobo7bobo14bo$o3b2o2bo14bo7bo4bo6bo2bobo
58bo$9bo13b2o2bo2b2o15b2o47bo$o3b2o2b2o16bo9bo6bo50b2o11bo$5bo4b2obo9b
3o3b3o63b2o$o3bo5bob2o8bo9bo3bo6bo63bo$4b2o2b2o4b2o6b2ob2ob2ob2o$o7bo
5bo11bobo7bo6bo63bo$4b2o3bo5bo10bobo$o4bo2b2o4b2o11bo8bo6bo63bo$4bo5b
2obo82bo$o3b2o4bob2o22bo6bo52bobo8bo$68bo27b2o$o35bo6bo25b2o36bo$68b2o
$obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo6bo63bo2$43bo63bo2$43bo63bo2$43b
o63bo2$obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo6bo63bo2$o35bo6bo47b2o9b2o
3bo$91bobo7bobo$o35bo6bo28b2o19bo7bo5bo$5b2o64bobobo17b2o5b2o$o3bobobo
27bo6bo29bobobo29bo$6bobobo64b2o$o7b2o26bo6bo63bo$95b2ob2o$o27b2ob2o3b
o6bo35b2o15bobo8bo$12b2o15bobo47bobo14bobo$o11bobo14bobo4bo6bo35bo17bo
9bo$12bo17bo$o35bo6bo63bo2$o35bo6bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobo2$o35bo2$o35bo2$o13bo21bo$14bobo$o5bo7b2o
20bo$7b2o$o5b2o28bo$30b2o$o28bobo4bo$29bo$o27b2o6bo2$o35bo2$obobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobo!

It shows the oscillator, steps used and my progress. Of course, the two middle eaters or something similar would have to be made for the top two, but you get what I mean.

Would a synthesis really be possible?

[ssaamm]

if there was only a soup...

[Awesomeness]

Yeah, that soup would be huge... But for a billiard table-ish oscillator like this, this one doesn't look to uncommon compared to others.

So, is anyone else going to weigh in? I'm sure if we work together be could put it all together.

[Extrementhusiast]

The unnamed object at the bottom is a hat. But what seems more striking to me is that the oscillator "frame" looks remarkably like two 14-bit objects, identified by 14.285 on pentadecathlon.com, and identified by 14.172 on Mark Niemec's webpage. I have prepared a synthesis from a couple of components on pentadecathlon.com:

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x = 26, y = 26, rule = B3/S23
24bo$23bo$23b3o9$12bobo$12b2o$13bo$20bobo$20b2o$21bo2$2o$b2o15b2o$o17b
obo$18bo2$12b3o$12bo$13bo!

[Sokwe]

Although components of the stator do seem like they can be synthesized, I believe a complete synthesis would be infeasible at the current time. To synthesize this oscillator, one would need to find a still life configuration that can be 'activated' with a combination of sparks and gliders, such as this partial synthesis of a period-7 oscillator:

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x = 15, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
2bobo$3b2o$3bo$10bo$9bo$9b3o4$2b2o$2bo3b2o4b2o$4bo2bo4bobo$6o6bo$o$b2o
b2o3b2o$2bobo4bobo$2bobo6bo$3bo7b2o!

Unfortunately, I can't see a still life that would work for this. If you have a still life in mind, I would suggest using WinLifeSearch to find predecessors of the oscillator.

Also, this should have been posted under the glider synthesis topic.