Without the enormous dampening power of a horizontal stabilizer the plank rotation speed into final launch attitude at the start of the launch can be very quick and it can be very stressful for the flying wing structure in general and to the AOA sensor unit vane in particular. The rotation moments at launch are due to offsets between tow hook position and wing center of pressure. The best way to minimize that initial moment is to position the tow-hook as close to the wing center of pressure as possible. Special harnessing might be one way to solve this problem. A more practical solution is to minimize the wing dihedral. Zero dihedral is best with the tow-hook as close to the wing center of pressure as possible and just slightly ahead of the CG. Albatross II for example uses an airfoil-shaped tow-hook assembly made of thin steel and slips over the wing-rods next to the fuselage pod per Figure 14. With this arrangement the launches are close to what is expected of a conventional tailed glider.