I appreciate the input, I'll order a starter solenoid and pull both in with the start switch.  Like the idea of the LED.  On second thought, it would be easier on the solenoid if it were pulled in first and then hit the regular start switch.

Wendell

 

I have a key as well as a pushbutton for the actual start function.  Having learned to fly when hand-propping was common (I never cared for getting that close to a prop) and hearing the horror stories about props and flesh coming into contact, I am a little fanatic about prop safety.  To initially start my engine you have to throw/turnon at least 6 different switches/buttons (in the air you just have to push the starter button) .  Also one  thing (among many) I Really like about the Ec2 is that it must make at least two revolutions at the rate of 150 rpm before the ignition circuit activates - essentially impossible to turn the prop that fast by hand for two revs.

 

So All in all I am fairly confident my starter is under control {:>) and probability ofaccidental starts are very remote.

 

Ed A