Inertia Starter

The inertia starter...
MrKent317

I've seen videos of these things in operation before, but I always imagined them as having big flywheels, big, like a foot or two across. I didn't think they would be this small.

Hand Cranking a Stearman
Lee Fox

Seems there are two methods of operation. One, you can crank them up by hand, or two, you can spin them up with a small electric motor.

I posted a video of starting an AN-2 using an inertial starter here.

My Name Here has compiled a YouTube playlist of inertial starter videos.