I spent an afternoon out at the Pueblo field trying to flip start a G-62 on magneto. Bill was there and helped hold the plane. He can attest to the difficulty I had. I did manage to get it started about 10 times, but it must have taken 40 flips to get it started each time. It was a brand new engine and had never been tuned for our elevation. It was terribly rich on the low and high speed needles. I was starting it and running it up. Then I'd shut it down and make an adjustment on the high speed needle to lean a bit. Then start it again and run it up. "Not yet," and shut it down to lean a bit more. I like to go slow when adjusting the needles on a gas engine.

It took me a good 25-40 flips to get it started each time. I had the prop lined up with the cutouts in the hub and was flipping well before the magnets go past the coil--trying to get maximum speed on my flipping.

I went home with a sore shoulder and bolted a C&H ignition on that very night. I had it lying around, but decided to see if I could do without it. That was dumb.

I'll never run a gas engine without electronic ignition again. Call me a whimp. Call me stupid if ya want. I ain't doing it. Never again.