My instructor taught me how to do this to my Saito 30. He recomended to adjust the prop to set the blade at the two o'clock position against the compression stroke when rotated CCW. Do your prime. I hold my finger over the silencer exaust hole and turn the prop CW until I hear it make a gulp, slurp, sound of fuel. Then I remove my finger and turn the prop through one more turn in the CW direction to be sure it isn't hydro-locked. Position back the prop, rotated CCW to the compression stroke. I set my throttle at 3 or 4 clicks above idle and then attach my glow starter. I always use a chicken stick because I'm a newbie also and I don't want any bad habits from my beginning, but I see many at my club doing this by hand. Many use the spinner to flip. Personally I'd like to keep all my fingers free from any chance for harm. You generally only get one crack at this... Give the prop a little flip CCW from the 2 o'clock position against the compression, and it kicks and starts running forward, most of the time. [8D] If it is running backwards, it will sometimes flip and run forwards on it's own. Sometimes burping the throttle a bit will help also. And always be sure to check which way the engine is running. It would really suck to look like a pro starting your engine, then run it up full throttle only to have it slam backwards into the tail trap and bust your your alerons.