> Jonathan,
>
>    Ed Pegg gave me your address.  I have a solution for the Thunderball
> 3-case that fits in a 9x14 grid:
>
>       W, N, 6E, 8S, W, 4N, 2W, S, 4E, N, S, W, S, 3N, 4S, 6E, 4N
>
>    Attached is the pictorial solution.
>
>
> Clint Weaver

> Clint
>
> That's neat. I thought at first I must have misread the 8S, but it fits
> together neatly in the end.
>
> Well done, and thanks for sending me your solution.
>
> Regards
> Jonathan

Clint

Working on from the ideas in your solution, I've been able to shave off a
couple more rows, to give a 9x12 solution. Check it out:
W, N, 6E, 6S, W, 5N, W, S, 3E, 4N, 2S, W, 5S, 6E, 4N

I'll be interested to see if any of Ed's readers find a method to do smaller
than this. They're normally pretty smart.

Regards
Jonathan

Ed,

   Check it out.  Jonathan took my solution and made it even better!

Clint

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In fact, it's possible to line up 2 balls within a 4x7 box.

Another possible method of judging the shortness of solutions is by
the number of moves/tilts required. Mine requires 16.

Solution:

NWWSSSENEESWEENE

Joseph DeVincentis

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Ed,

   The 5x7 Thunderball solution for the 2-ball case is as follows:

      W, 3N, 2E, S, 2W, 6N, 4E, 3S, W

Clint Weaver