It seems the previous thread that included some detail on hand or rope starting aircraft was deleted?
Admittedly it deviated from it's original intent, however the content was interesting, so I've found my manual on the DC-3 rope start procedure and scanned a copy of that here for anyone that may find it useful. My recollection is that the C-47 I flew was in the Pacific for WW2 and that there was some specific additional information on rope starting. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find that in the brief time I spent looking, if I do I'll update - otherwise if you've flown VH-CAN you may recall what I'm talking about...?
I also found a photo of some real-life practice rope-starting, source is
DC3 Southern Skies Pioneer, Brian Lockstone and Paul Harrison, Random House, 2000.
megan had a good photo too, although in that case I think they'd wrapped the rope around the prop boss:
