RE: How do you start your gas engine?
Doc, you will probably find that you don't need the glove. Your ZDZ-50NG has an electronic ignition system, probably a Falcon, that allows you to start your engine at idle with the timing near zero degrees before top dead center. For this reason you should never experience a backfire.
I like to set my engine up so that it just starts to come up on compression with the prop in the 12/6 o'clock position. As you flip the prop, use a downward to the left swing. Don't slowly flip the prop through compression, do it quickly like you mean business. This always causes your hand to exit the prop arc.
An electric starter is unnecessary with modern gasoline engines that have electronic ignitions with automatic spark advance. If you need an electric starter, there is something wrong with your engine.
Ken