Here’s a very short look at the unusual Ford Model T Huck Starter. If your fighting aircraft didn’t have an electric starter (which was the case until the late 1930s) you had to either hand swing, use a heavy inertial starter which absorbs aircraft performance OR you could use a machine external to the aircraft. The Ford Model T was plentiful and the Huck Starter was designed to effectively start an aircraft engine. Attach the Power Take Off to the propeller via the shaft, spin it up, turn on th