There are many reasons why you don't see a pull starter on an airplane engines, some mentioned above and some have not been mentioned yet.<div>
</div><div><ul>[*]not needed. an electric starter is much easier to use. [*]weight of added mechanism[*]having a pull string near a spinning propeller[*]impossible to use if the engine is in a cowl[*]difficulty to use. I don't want to try and hold a plane and be pulling on a starter rope[*]dangerous. The position you would be in to use a pull starter would put in a dangerous position near the prop when the engine starts[/list]</div><div>
</div><div>These are just some that come to mind right off the top of my head. I have both planes and cars and personally I find pulling a starter cord to start a car engine much more difficult and tiring than starting an airplane engine.</div><div>
</div><div>Ken</div><div>
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