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Its eleven-cell rear [[spark]] can be perturbed by other c/2 spaceships to form a variety of [[puffer]]s and thus it is a [[puffer engine]].<ref>{{CiteLifeline|vol=9|pages=page 5}}</ref>
Its eleven-cell rear [[spark]] can be perturbed by other c/2 spaceships to form a variety of [[puffer]]s and thus it is a [[puffer engine]].<ref>{{CiteLifeline|vol=9|pages=page 5}}</ref>
The Schick engine first appeared [[natural]]ly on February 12th, 2019,<ref name="post70479" /> having previously emerged (along with its middleweight and heavyweight variants) from symmetric soups on [[Catagolue]].<ref name="post14978" /><ref name="post17658" /><ref name="post28997" /> A second natural Schick engine appeared in October 2020.<ref name="post105674" />
An {{gliders|11}} [[synthesis]] for the variant with two lightweight spaceships was found by Douglas G. Petrie in {{year|1973}}.<ref>{{CiteLifeline|vol=11|pages=page 19}}</ref>


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==See also==
== [[List of common spaceships|Commonness]] ==
*[[Big A]]
The Schick engine first appeared [[natural]]ly on February 12th, 2019,<ref name="post70479" /> having previously emerged (along with its middleweight and heavyweight variants) from symmetric soups on [[Catagolue]].<ref name="post14978" /><ref name="post17658" /><ref name="post28997" /> A second natural Schick engine appeared in October 2020.<ref name="post105674" />
*[[Blinker ship 1]]
*[[Crown]]
*[[List of common spaceships]]


==References==
== [[Glider synthesis]] ==
An {{gliders|11}} [[synthesis]] for the variant with two lightweight spaceships was found by Douglas G. Petrie in {{year|1973}}.<ref>{{CiteLifeline|vol=11|pages=page 19}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
* [[Big A]]
* [[Blinker ship 1]]
* [[Crown]]
 
== References ==
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==External links==
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Schick engine
Schick engine image
Pattern type Tagalong
Spaceship
Number of cells 39
Bounding box 20 × 11
Direction Orthogonal
Period 12 (mod: 12)
Speed c/2 | 6c/12
Heat 43.2
Kinetic symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Paul Schick
Year of discovery 1972

Schick engine (or Schick ship) is a period-12 c/2 orthogonal spaceship found by Paul Schick in 1972. Alternatively, it may refer just to the tagalong (displayed in green) that is attached to the back of the two lightweight spaceships. The tagalong may also be attached to the back of two middleweight spaceships, two heavyweight spaceships, or a lightweight spaceship and a heavyweight spaceship.

Its eleven-cell rear spark can be perturbed by other c/2 spaceships to form a variety of puffers and thus it is a puffer engine.[1]

File:Schickengine.png
Tagalong in green

The Schick engine first appeared naturally on February 12th, 2019,[2] having previously emerged (along with its middleweight and heavyweight variants) from symmetric soups on Catagolue.[3][4][5] A second natural Schick engine appeared in October 2020.[6]

An 11-glider synthesis for the variant with two lightweight spaceships was found by Douglas G. Petrie in 1973.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Robert Wainwright (March 1973). Lifeline, vol 9, page 5.
  2. ↑ Adam P. Goucher (February 12, 2019). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  3. ↑ Richard Schank (December 14, 2014). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  4. ↑ Richard Schank (March 10, 2015). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  5. ↑ gmc_nxtman (March 20, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  6. ↑ bubblegum (October 5, 2020). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  7. ↑ Robert Wainwright (September 1973). Lifeline, vol 11, page 19.

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