My neighbor had one of these 70's Victa Utilities for decades.
Nothing could stop that thing, it would rev to the moon and back, in fact the kill switch didn't work for some reason so he had to squeeze the rubber induction tube and literally starve it of air to turn it off. Those full-crank 2-strokes were so tough.
If you look at the deck design, there was nothing to stop or slow down debris, to the point he actually broke a few windows over the years.