Referring to the fire video, IMO, there in lies the problem. It's not the carb it's the operator. Evidently priming it with gas (maybe too much), goes to start it, when it fires an explosion happens possibly due to no exhaust on it. Look where the flame originates. I doubt many high school folks had the "know how".
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I do know that these could be a real pain in the ***.................
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