'''Wing''' (W in conduit names), also called '''block and glider''', is a common evolutionary sequence that stabilizes at [[generation]] 104 as a [[block]] and a [[glider]].
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A [https://www.conwaylife.com/patterns/wswminus3.rle WSW-3] [[conduit]] can be made by eating the extra block using a [[block]] or [[eater 1]].
'''Wing''', or '''R-loaf''', is a common [[induction coil]] which can be analysed as a [[loaf]] with an extra cell added as to make it asymmetric.
The six-cell grandparent of the wing is technically a failed puffer, as it reappears 32 generations later shifted 3 cells right and 7 cells up only to be turned into a [[B-heptomino]] 3 generations later.
== Wing-wing still lifes ==
As mentioned previously, it can act as an induction coil. Two wings suffice to make a still life, with five possible isomers:
The term "block and glider" traditionally refers to the most common grandparent of the wing, which has six cells and a lifespan of 106 generations. That pattern has a six-cell parent called [[nine]], although this name is rare. [[Confused eaters]] hassles this predecessor.
The '''wing''' is also a very [[List of common evolutionary sequences|common evolutionary sequence]]. In the form shown in the infobox to the right, it stabilizes at [[generation]] 104 as a [[block]] and a [[glider]]. A [https://conwaylife.com/patterns/wswminus3.rle WSW-3] [[conduit]] can be made by eating the extra block using another block or [[eater 1]].
Like other common evolutionary sequences, wings can be hassled, such as in the {{LinkCatagolue|code=xp25_yj3pmggmp3y3g8oggzyl1111y46rg624jqi4ozyjccy0o8gy15ao7hv0oi6p9z8eh5e0u5he8gy17bcy0ooy033y3122101221z2eh5c4j2j4dizx11345d871y3cm66mczye321w123|patternname=p25 wing and block hassler|style=raw}} and {{LinkCatagolue|code=xp128_y3ca73oswcczyqg88gzy1ggyh6bbcxca4z8ko010onmcy04eewuscy26dt30g0352z4a6x6qqcyh11zy01221zyh66w73osa6|patternname=p128 wing shuttle|style=raw}}; the latter is the smallest p128 oscillator by population.
One of its predecessors, the '''block and glider''', is technically a failed puffer, as it reappears thirty-two generations later having been shifted 3 cells right and 7 cells up, but is turned into a [[B-heptomino]] another three generations later.
The generation in the infobox is also an induction coil; it is sometimes called R-loaf when being used this way.
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Like other common evolutionary sequences, the wing can be hassled, such as in the {{LinkCatagolue|code=xp25_yj3pmggmp3y3g8oggzyl1111y46rg624jqi4ozyjccy0o8gy15ao7hv0oi6p9z8eh5e0u5he8gy17bcy0ooy033y3122101221z2eh5c4j2j4dizx11345d871y3cm66mczye321w123|patternname=p25 wing and block hassler|style=raw}}{{refn|group=note|An alternative version of this oscillator is shown in [[jslife]] with a different method of stabilization.<ref>{{CiteSummersPattern|name=jslife|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> [[Nicolay Beluchenko]] found the simpler stabilization with two [[fumarole]]s later on.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/Matthias-Merzenich/osc-supplement|author=Matthias Merzenich|title=osc-supplement pattern collection|date=April 18, 2018|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> However, it is unknown when or by whom this reaction was found.<ref name="post115412" />}} and [[p128 wing shuttle]];<ref name="post135248" />.
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== As a still life component ==
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One of its predecessors, the '''nine''', is a common still life component that is normally unstable. It can be attached to many still lifes or unstable components.
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A green background indicates that the object the nine is added to is stable without it; a red background indicates this is not the case.
Wing (W in conduit names), also called block and glider, is a common evolutionary sequence that stabilizes at generation 104 as a block and a glider.
A WSW-3conduit can be made by eating the extra block using a block or eater 1.
The six-cell grandparent of the wing is technically a failed puffer, as it reappears 32 generations later shifted 3 cells right and 7 cells up only to be turned into a B-heptomino 3 generations later.
The term "block and glider" traditionally refers to the most common grandparent of the wing, which has six cells and a lifespan of 106 generations. That pattern has a six-cell parent called nine, although this name is rare. Confused eaters hassles this predecessor.
Like other common evolutionary sequences, wings can be hassled, such as in the p25 wing and block hassler and p128 wing shuttle; the latter is the smallest p128 oscillator by population.
The generation in the infobox is also an induction coil; it is sometimes called R-loaf when being used this way.
