My friend's Aeronca didn't have any starter other than the "armstrong"-indeed, there were no electrics other than the mags!
Communications were latterly by Icom handheld, to ground, or loud yells for cockpit conversation.
Hand-starting is great fun and takes me back to my model-aircraft diesels in the early 60's........starting them was a one-finger affair, but you could get some nasty cuts if they kicked-back.
