Bob Greenwade wrote on Thu, Mar 7, 2024 02:27 PM UTC:
233. Boomerang. During a recent discussion, H. G. Muller showed how a "bent rifle capture" could be achieved. I tried it out in the XBetza Sandbox, and sure enough, it worked as advertised, and so the Boomerang was born.
The Boomerang (as I present it here, since others will surely have different ideas) moves up to three spaces orthogonally, or makes a rifle capture with a 45° bend at the end. (W3yafscabyaifzB)
I actually initially wanted to allow the Boomerang to shoot its rifle capture at the end of its slide (which was two spaces while I was developing it), but for some reason the end point never came out right.
I'm also still trying to figure out what to call its rotary counterpart (F3yafscabyaifzR). It'd be something ecumenical, I'm about 99% sure (though Yo-Yo isn't out of the question). And then a compound would be called for.
I'm not 100% sold on this model, though as I examine it closely I think it'd be sturdier than it appears at first look.
233. Boomerang. During a recent discussion, H. G. Muller showed how a "bent rifle capture" could be achieved. I tried it out in the XBetza Sandbox, and sure enough, it worked as advertised, and so the Boomerang was born.
The Boomerang (as I present it here, since others will surely have different ideas) moves up to three spaces orthogonally, or makes a rifle capture with a 45° bend at the end. (W3yafscabyaifzB)
I actually initially wanted to allow the Boomerang to shoot its rifle capture at the end of its slide (which was two spaces while I was developing it), but for some reason the end point never came out right.
I'm also still trying to figure out what to call its rotary counterpart (F3yafscabyaifzR). It'd be something ecumenical, I'm about 99% sure (though Yo-Yo isn't out of the question). And then a compound would be called for.
I'm not 100% sold on this model, though as I examine it closely I think it'd be sturdier than it appears at first look.