On Mar 17, 2:19*pm, Stuart wrote:
In article m,
* *Lew Hodgett wrote:

1) Are the diesels automatically started by a clutch and spinning
flywheel approach used by the Las Vegas casinos 50+ years ago, or are
they depending on a standard cranking motor and battery?

Big standby diesels often use compressed air start.

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Stuart Winsor

Midland RISC OS show - Sat July 9th 2011

The really big ones cannot be started any other way.