My first drone is (not an hexacopter but) a Q450 quadcopter with 3DR's Pixhawk flight controller

Here's the follow-up of my previous article "Help needed for my FPV hexacopter" .

Thanks to the help of the "Drones in Belgium" community, and a few friends (Benjamin, Dominique, and Maxime), I finally could get out and have my drone flying for the first time.

In a previous article, I asked for help choosing all the components that I would need to build a FPV hexacopter in order to take videos with a GoPro.

My previous article is the entire story about selecting the components and where I bought those but here's a resume:

Ordered in the international warehouse:

• 1 3.5mm 3 wire Bullet-connector for motor (5pairs/bag)
• 1 10CM Male to Male Servo Lead (JR) 26AWG (10pcs/set)
• 1 OrangeRx R620 Spektrum/JR DSM2 Compatible Full Range 6Ch 2.4Ghz Receiver w/Failsafe
• 1 (+1 spare) XT60 to 4 X 3.5mm bullet Multistar ESC Power Breakout Cable
• 2 (+1 spare) 10x4.5 Carbon Fiber Propellers 1pc Standard/1pc RH Rotation
• 1 Q450 V3 Glass Fiber Quadcopter Frame 450mm - Integrated PCB Version
• 1 Multifunction Care-Free High Crab FPV Landing Gear Set (Black)
• 1 White 16 LED Circular Light Board with Lead
  In order to facilitate the direction identification 
• 1 Tarot T-2D V2 GoPRO 3 Brushless Camera Gimbal and ZYX22 Controller

Ordered in the EU warehouse:

• 3 Turnigy nano-tech 4000mah 3S 35~70C Lipo Pack
• 4 Turnigy nano-tech 2650mah 3S 25~50C Lipo Pack
• 4 (+1 spare) Turnigy Multistar 30 Amp Multi-rotor Brushless ESC 2-4S
• 1 Turnigy Multistar ESC Programming Card
• 4 (+1 spare) NTM Prop Drive Series 28-30S 900kv / 270w (short shaft version)
• 4 (+1 spare) NTM Prop Drive 28 Series Accessory Pack

I have a Spektrum DX6i remote but I finally bought a Taranis FRSSKY X8R (from http://www.gulliver-modeles.fr/) in order to have more channels. It appears to be a very good choice.

3DR's Pixhawk Flight Controller.

Last but not least, I decided to order 3DR's Pixhawk flight controller with the corresponding  3DR GPS uBlox LEA-6 with Compass (from https://www.buildyourowndrone.co.uk).

As recommended by Benjamin, I removed the batteries banana plugs and switched them for XT60 connectors.

Here's a picture of the final result:

After multiple trials to set up my quadcopter with Mission Planner and changing some remote controller settings, thanks to Maxime, I could finally fly for the first time with my own drone.

The day was sunny and with nearly no wind... it was perfect for my first time.

There were a few minor crashes (because of some bad settings and the low-battery alarm that I did not connect correctly) but no damages.

Here is Maxime's video of this day that he took from his own drone.

I want to thank everyone who helped me having this quadcopter flying. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Next steps is to mount the GoPro and FPV system... but that's another story ;)