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Hi Jim, I have a POLR, and have ran it a few times.. They were painted olive drab green all over, including the brass carry ring/handle.
The starter rope should be short, and only long enough to wrap around the flywheel once, with a little extra for you to comfortably grab the wooden grip with. That’s all the starter rope you need for a PO.
All the tillers on the military motors were short ones… at least all that I’ve seen. You can certainly use the longer version if you want to, and I would recommend it. I’ts much safer.
FYI, if you run that motor on say, a fishing boat of some kind, after it planes out it will want to turn the boat over. They are an extra long shaft made for work for the military. I plan on putting my complete dressed POLR15 powerhead on a standard PO tower and gearcase, paint it all olive drab and run it that way. Hope that helps!