Ardu-copter flipping sideways instead of taking off

Hello!
i have built an Ardu-quad-copter around the HobbyKing PixFalcon flight controller.
i'v made a serious effort to try to learn how to calibrate the drone using Mission Planner and tried all possible CW and CCW combinations - Yet the quad-copter just stays in place or flips on its side - instead of taking off symmetrically.

Can anyone please help me solve this problem?

Thanks.

 

I'v gone through the Mission Planner wizard step by step.

 

I wonder if i did not calibrate the ESC's well enough.
i hope that what's described in the following video, which is calibrating the ESC's one by one when not while connected to the flight controller, is what actually i did not do:

 

OK -
Now that i'v gone through ESC firmware upload again and calibrated the ESC's - all done on the ESC's one by one - i'm kind of lost, since i still get a sideways flipping, instead of a symmetrical take off.

b.t.w the motors all start and speed up in sync now - so that is probably not the problem...

Any ideas what should be next on my problem elimination check list?

Thanks.

 

Here is a video i just took. You can see i am pushing the throttle stick up 3 times - and letting it back down every time - since i already know it ends up in a flip at the direction it starts tilting in the video. That is, i don't want to push the throttle any further and damage the props more than already damaged in previous 5-6 full flips:

http://sendvid.com/4qy53uuc

 

Sorry P13 - i forgot to try your suggestion and reply.
How do i take off in Altitude Hold?

 

Here is the FC i have:
PixFalcon Micro PX4 Autopilot

I don't seem to find decent documentation.

When i connect the 4 motors to channels 1234, where channels 1 is a Futaba with black, red, white wires and channel 4 is blue wire Futaba with only data and channel 5 is yellow wire with only data and channel 6 is green wire with only data - i get 3 motors turning CW and only 1 turning CCW.

 

At last got it right! it's flying! But not yet very precisely..
So first of all: Jonathan, P13 and anyone else who replied - Thanks a lot!

Now for the fine tuning issues: need it to take off as symmetrically as possible and to hover over a position, as stable as possible - any advice?

Need a 1-1.5 kg payload power and no need for speed or acceleration at all - Only stability at a 5 meter hovering height is what's important here.

Any specific type of frame, motors or props to recommend, in relation to such a mission?

Thanks!

 

Jonathan - in the ecalc, what does drive stand for? props and motors?

 

Hello people,
i'v changed the frame, props and motors - but kept the entire setup exactly as it was with previous components - but yet, the new drone won't get off the ground.

Attached below are pictures of the new drone props setup.

Here is the motors model:
https://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=34227

Here is the props model:
https://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=39773

Here is the frame model:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...otal_width_EU_warehouse_.html?strSearch=epp 8


1. The front right prop is a CCW type, the motor attached to it is spinning CCW and it is connected to the black,red.white wires - which is channel number 1 and the only channel that has 3 wires and not just the data. Of course data + and - are connected right.
2. The rear left prop is a CCW type, the motor attached to it is spinning CCW and it is connected to the blue wire of channel number 2.
3. The front left prop is a CW type, the motor attached to it is spinning CW and it is connected to the yellow wire of channel number 3.
4. The read right prop is a CW type, the motor attache to it is spinning CW and it is connected to the green wire of channel number 4.

p.s.
i'm using a PixFalcon FC:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/..._Micro_PX4_Autopilot.html?strSearch=pixfalcon


What could be the problem?

Thanks a lot.