While most start their pylon engines with an electric starter I bounce mine backwards off the compression with a chicken stick. First flip starts. I hand start (chicken stick)all my engines 2 or 4 stroke. Forward or backward depends on the state of the prime and often the engine. I resort to an electric starter only on occasion of difficulty in getting the fuel up from the tank or a hot engine that's soft on compression. A flooded engine gets back flipped until it starts.

Denis