I couldn't get my heli to start with a normal starter and after telling many not to use a drill because it didn't spin fast enough, I tried it out of frustration and it worked very well. It would be a pain to have to buy a starter cone and machine it to work in the drill, but it would work.

You could use a bolt, cut off the head, stick it in the drill, screw the cone onto it and walla, you have a drill starter. Should work just fine.

I have since bought a larger starter and it works very nice, but the drill did the job too.