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You can also directly feed the compressed air into a cylinder (or even the intake manifold!) to force the engine to turn. No extra turbine required, though the
by lazide 2y ago
You can also directly feed the compressed air into a cylinder (or even the intake manifold!) to force the engine to turn. No extra turbine required, though the plumbing might get a little odd. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-start_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-start_system]
That tends to be for very large engines, where the extra plumbing isn’t a problem.