I start my 2 stroke engines in nearly the same manner as Red_Guy.
Flipping the prop against the compression stroke to start it.
When I "feel" the engine kicking back. I know it will start.
But I use a chicken stick
Why[X(]
Because EVERYTHING is, or can be dangerous in the wrong hands
I was running-in a Super Tiger .45 ABC last spring, mounted in my Aircore 40, and got nailed.
The engine was surging, and my tie-down was less than perfect, and the plane flexes tied down at WOT.

I knew this, so it was entirely my fault.
I failed to fully charge my transmitter battery, my fault.
So when I tried to kill the engine with the throttle control nada[]
I reached for the high speed nedle valve, to try to stop the (surging) engine.
And lost the tip of my left index finger, which still doesn't work properly.

I'm not afraid of props, but I have learned that I had better respect them[8D]