Knightwave

Knightwave is a wave that travels knightwise. It was found by Kiho Park on April 18, 2015.[1]

Knightwave
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Pattern type Wave
Number of cells 7
Bounding box 5×3
Direction Oblique
Slope 2
Period 6
Mod 6
Speed (2,1)c/6
Heat Unknown
Can be supported by Minstrel
Discovered by Kiho Park
Year of discovery 2015

As discovered by Matthias Merzenich in January 2019,[2] it can be supported at both ends by a Sir Robin tagalong such as Minstrel 2[3] to make non-Minstrel spaceships:

<html><div class="rle"><div class="codebox"><div style="display:none;"><code></html> #C All known (2,1)c/6 technology in existence as of 30 January 2019 #C Knightwave rediscovered by Kiho Park, original discoverer unknown #C Components by Adam P. Goucher. 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#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ TRACKLOOP 6 -1/6 -1/3 THUMBSIZE 2 WIDTH 600 HEIGHT 800 ZOOM 4 GPS 6 AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ LABELALPHA .75 LABELANGLE 70 LABELSIZE 32 COLOR LABEL SpringGreen ]] #C [[ LABEL 75 35 6 "Sir Robin" ]] #C [[ LABEL 53 68 6 "Two Sir Robins" ]] #C [[ LABEL 5 115 6 "Sir Robin" ]] #C [[ LABELANGLE 331 COLOR LABEL Orange ]] #C [[ LABEL 55 145 6 "knightwave" ]] #C [[ LABEL 91 104 6 "knightwave" ]] #C [[ LABELANGLE 0 COLOR LABEL Red ]] #C [[ LABEL 100 170 6 "errant\nminstrel" ]] #C [[ COLOR LABEL SkyBlue ]] #C [[ LABEL 105 85 6 "lightweight\nminstrel" ]] #C [[ LABEL 75 120 6 "lightweight\nminstrel" ]] #C [[ COLOR LABEL LawnGreen ]] #C [[ LABEL 38 175 6 "heavyweight\nminstrel" ]] #C [[ COLOR LABEL Yellow ]] #C [[ LABEL 90 145 6 "ragged\nminstrel" ]] #C [[ LABEL 114 110 6 "ragged\nminstrel" ]] #C [[ COLOR LABEL Magenta ]] #C [[ LABEL 46 188 6 "wandering\nminstrel" ]] #C [[ COLOR LABEL Cyan ]] #C [[ LABEL 115 125 6 "featherweight\nminstrel" ]]<html></code></div></div><canvas width="200" height="300" style="margin-left:1px;"><noscript></html>
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Knightwave supported between Minstrel 9 (upper right), Minstrel 7 (center), and Minstrel 5 (lower left)
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References
  1. Kiho Park (April 18, 2015). Re: Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  2. Matthias Merzenich (January 16, 2019). Re: Minstrel (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  3. PHPBB12345 (March 6, 2018). Re: Elementary knightship (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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