They told me that was not the preferred way to secure the plane but they knew that it was probably a general practice. They did not offer any suggestions as to the proper way to hold the plane. I normally use a flight stand and secure it by the wings. BTW, I did a repair on it and used a wing from an old ultra stick and the planes flies great. I have not flown the new super stick yet. I ended up putting a 75 ASP 2 stroke on it. Didn't have anymore spare 4 strokes not mounted. The repaired stick has a 91 4s Magnum. Here is a couple of pictures of the reworked Super Stick