The only time I was ever hit by a gasser was on someone elses engine with one of those springs .
It was years back and I was looking at gas engines - this encounter did little to encourage me --
I already had formed an opinion onthe poor power to weight of those rehashed weed eaters
Obviously -tho - they have a group of people who like em --
Back then the only gas powered models around were barely able to flounder thru the air.
I stayed out of it till the newer, purpose built stuff started to appear.
3w/DA /ZDZ etc--
some guys really like the conversions tho ----
to each his own -