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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

Title text:

"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

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"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."
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[–] 44 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Put a big wind-up key on the back for when it runs out.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Hand-crank starters were in production until the 90s apparently. The lada niva (a small weird truck thing) had them through 1998. Who knew?

    I know it’s not quite the same but.. wind up key part is! I was gunna find a pic but there don't seem to be any showing the crank in use, only videos.

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