After a few furtive hops, finally did some decent flying today. Took the belt up to about 20 or 30 feet. The new telebee gyro makes a huge difference.
Lots of firsts today. First outdoor hovering sans training gear, first outdoor use of idleup, first reasonably well-controlled hover in wind, and first well-controlled non-panicky climbout/descent. The dog was wagging the tail, rather than the tail wagging the dog, for a change.
Here's a warmup flight in the backyard. Twist ties don't work as well as nylon zipties for camera mounting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho_4g2Q05fw