It will land upright and not on its side and the fulcrum will allow the bait to roll forward so the the tail or claw will be in the vertical position.Most heads with baits attached will fall over on its side.-Some of its concepts are in this video-go to www.megastrike.com then to the shak-e2 head and watch the video-that one on the video has the spike the Pro Model has the screw lock.