RE: Can you start engine with a drill?
Most attempts end up in failure. Making a mandrel and cone cup is the first stumbling block and the next is many just do not have sufficient RPM's especially the geared types.
Last and most important is the handle and trigger orientation is all wrong making them possibly even dangerous to use. Don't even think of one handing a drill starter.
Check around your club there are always starters floating around that can be had for five or ten bucks.
John