Like MJD says, the starting ritual isn't that bad. You may waste a couple of minutes of your life starting it, but then you get to hear and experience one of the greatest running tiny engines ever made by man. One of life's treats if you're a gearhead. And to build a plane and fly it only makes the experience even better.
A vid of my LaStick when it still had the TD .010 on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf_ZFkhmXTw