RE: I'm Wondering.
See that bullet shaped thing on the front of autostart engines? That takes a shotgun cartridge minus the buckshot. You whack on the front of the housing with a hammer, the firing pin sets off the starter cartridge, and the blast from the cartridge spins up the engine. That's how we do it in Brooklyn, those dopes down in Kentucky want to hand-crank, it's no sweat offa MY back.