darkslategrey,
I'm going to reply to this because I've found things over the past years that goes against what most everyone says. I'm not getting in your dirt at all - this is just stuff that I've found to work for me. And I've always been the oddball in this forum
FIRST - the tail boom. Igot a tailboom for my CX and I flew a lot better outdoors with the stock body. I thing that's true because the tail is Aerodynamically balanced with the canopy. In a crosswind, the air pushes agains the canopy trying to spin the helicopter. IF you use a boom, you need to balance the Weight fore and aft. We all know that. But if you fly with a crosswind, you need to balance the side surface of the bodywork ahead of the drive shafts with the side surface aft of the drive shafts. If you hand the helicopter by a string tied to the upper rotor and place the heli in a gentle breeze it HAS to be fully neutral to the air flow. If it weathervanes at all it's gonna be tough to fly in a crosswind. And when you've done as I suggest, the CX is still gonna be a handful to fly in any breeze at all.
NEXT - Move the links outward. I never did that. I make all of my adjustments with the flybar. Blade clack is not an issue because the flybar has little fight at my lightest weight bar assembly.
LAST - invest in more durable landing skids. Oh yeah - you betcha buddy. Take the money you usually spend on replacement skids and broken battery trays and get the upgraded skids that don't break.
LAST +1 - Get more power. The ball bearing motors don't do much unless you get the silver brush kit to go with the upgrade motors. Ball bearing motors an silver brushes ANDAGOODBREAKIN for the brushes will put a bunch more amperage into the motors and amperage is power. And while you are shopping for better skids, make room for more battery. Bigger power is good, more amperage to the motors is good. More weight down low is good.
I have flown my CX in 7 MPH breezes. Iflew it around the outside of the house in the eddy currents surrounding the house. Ilanded on the roof and took off from the roof - in the wind. I did that using Xtreme battery, stock blades, full body, very light flybar, stock motors. I'm a lousy pilot but Iam honestly better outdoors with the full body. Others tell me I'm nuts and Iwon't argue that one. But I did what I say I did while most say it can't be done. I have far better luck flying indoors with a boom type tail, but outside I use the full body. And yes, Iget tired of buying replacement bodies but we pick our poison, don't we?

So there ya go - another point of view. I've never been one to tell someone that they are wrong because we are all different. I will only tell you what works for me.
All the best and Blue Skies,
Soloboss