Chainsaw Repair

The analogy of a dolphin swimming (leaping in & out of the waters surface), is how I picture the cutter "diving in & out of the cut".

Bump here too

Yes that's how the movement was always explained to understand the motion. But with only .025 clearance of the depth gauge it's so small.
Which leads to another part of the innovation of sawchain in the last 10 years...Oregon's AntiVibe or Stihl's Comfort cutter design.
By removing that small thickness of the heel of the cutter that contacts the bar...a shock absorber effect is made. Of course the opposite side link on the cutter doesn't have this clearance so the cutter can't "over rock". Only disadvantage is the chassis could  have a flex in it caused by the cutter having a slight side movement instability. Reason old school cutters without the clearance make the chain desirable for timbersport competition.

Does anyone own or have information on the Stihl .404 high tooth timbersport chain?
My question is did Stihl design it with the "Comfort" clearance or left it out and keep it old school for better speed performance ?