I've got one stooge that uses the stab release method. Works O K as long as you don't try launching into a heavy headwind. I had the wind switch around on me one day and I didn't move the stooge. The wind was really blowing hard right at the nose and ended up backing the model up to the point it was free of the stooge or more likely just blew the nose up to where the angle was steep enough that the model was able to take off over the top of the padded restraints. Either way I had just picked up the handle and looked back at the model and it was pointed skyward about 4 feet in the air over the stooge! I quickly backed up finished the flight. I went home after that due to the high wind though.