To make a long story short im down two sets of skids, and one battery tray in two days of flying my CX3. I wanted to get peoples input on plastidipping the skids and battery tray as a whole. It seems like plastidip could hold the whole assembly together better and provide shock resistance. I work for Lowes, in the paint area and got the idea while restocking some of this stuff today. I'll be upgrading to the flyrcrivesud battery tray and flexible landing gear, along with a metal swash(the source of my constant crashes), and boom kit. I just figured this might be a cheap bit of insurance for those not wanting to upgrade or saving up for an upgrade.
That's funny.... I bought some of that Plastidip awhile ago just in case I did decide to use it for anything RC-related... Although, I think its never been opened yet. But good stuff I agree...
I've had my CX2 for 2 years now and still using the stock skids... What I did to make them stronger from day one however, was not keeping them so long like stock offers and prone then to break easier... I cut them shorter, and for them to fit back in the battery tray nicely I molded them by heating up a pair of needle-nose pliers in the stove burner for just a bit (but not to long) and then grabbed the skids to bend and form them to fit. Its worked great, and I've crashed my CX2 plenty of times as some gents remember that I was a wildman with mine. Heating the skids up might have even made the plastic then more 'bendable' but not sure. What I do know is that since there now shorter, there less likely to break.
Pictures below show the same skids from 2 years ago that are stock in the 2nd picture, and then what they looked like after I cut them in the 3rd picture. I then added some rubber boot type things to the ends, and these same skids are what is on my CX2 today as you can see from the dates of back then and until now.
Hope this helps some,
~ Jeff