Very very few recoil starters work this way. In fact, i believe Stihl is
the only one doing that on small chainsaws. And they only started that a
couple years ago.

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"Sheldon" wrote in message
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It's often more than a mere catch mechanism. With many of the pull
start motors sold within the last ten years pulling the rope does not
start the motor directly, pulling the rope winds a spring that once a
particular pre-set tension is reached the spring releases and that's
what rotates the flywheel...