No FADEC but so what?
No problem with EC120 starts if you use the right technique. And a short while back at our field a FADEC equiped machine toasted the engine when FADEC malfunctioned and the pilots wern't running the start (in case of FADEC fail). So, would not have happened without FADEC.
What am I missing?
(actually, that last point is a question: what am I missing not having FADEC?)