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.

The CX3 landing gear is just too small for a beginner style helicopter. I have heard of people stretching rubber bands from skid to skid to help keep the landing gear from breaking.

I've seen videos where people taped foam pipe insulation to the skids.

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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

For my battery tray, I made it lighter by cutting it up some and using industrial strength velcro to hold any battery of my choosing and not being then restricted to a certain size. Its got to be the industrial strength velcro as the sticky backing, and the hook and loop material is outstanding as far as holding power goes. I've never lost a battery, or had one come loose even in any of my bad crashes. I use this same type of velcro for my bigger heli's and those always have held the batteries in place also in a crash.

This method is also great for just plug and play... Just place the battery there in a second, and remove it just as fast. You can also control your center of gravity easy by placing it more forward or more to the rear. This battery tray is also a stock 2 year old unit. I've seen some aftermarket types out there by other manufacturers, but in fact I don't see any improvement over a modded one ? That, and if they don't list the weight of there unit, I don't buy it period.... If they can't share that info, then I don't share my cash... Simple....

I totally support the elastic band fix until you can get your new skids from rivesud. I have used that trick with the CX3 before getting the rivesud mods and am currently using it with a Nine Eagles 500 SX which is even more notorious than the CX3 for breaking skids. I have been flying the 500 SX for four months now on the original skids.

We've realized the shortcomings of the CX3 gear &have come out with our own direct replacement made here in the USA. It's indestructible, bolts directly onto the stock battery tray, &has battery retaining bumps to hold the battery in place. We are getting GREAT feedback from these! If interested, please look at dreamheliproducts.