Made some good progress yesterday. A few more days like that and I should have it down.

Flew at the local baseball fields, there was a nice breeze coming straight and steady over the field and it really seemed to increase lift substantially. I was able to use a much lower throttle setting than normal and still hover.

Got the bail out plan figured out well and am after 4 batteries I was much less nerve up about it. Been practicing with the nose in about 40 feet up and out in front of me. When I get to the point where its like second nature, I guess I will bring it back closer to earth.