EXTREME CORE
Review by Stephen Horn
If you like to fly outside in the wind like I do, then you know about blade
strikes. The hard fact is the CX2 can not handle very much wind. A slight breeze
is about all the little Heli can really take. But after flying in the living
room of out in the garage for a few weeks, you can start to get a little bored.
So you take your CX2 outside in a attempt to win the battle of the wind Devils.
WWW.FLYRCRIVESUD.COM has some upgraded parts that can help you in your fight for flight
with the winds. Our review is on the Extreme core outer shaft, inner shaft,
upper rotor head, lower rotor head, shorter flybar, blade grips, and blades that
fit the Extreme core rotor heads grips.
With the durable upper head and double linkage flybar this together helps to
make the assembly crash resistant. While this is not aluminum it is still much
stronger than the stock head.
Longer inner and outer shafts are the key to less blade strikes
Extreme core is the work of Sonny at WWW.FLYRCRIVESUD.COM Sonny and his crew are a
group of certified engineers that manufacture parts. They also take existing
parts and improve them to make them better.
WWW.FLYRCRIVESUD.COM has a full line of
upgrades, we are only reviewing a few.
I installed the new Extreme core lower gear, the inner and outer shafts, rotor
heads, flybar, and grips. If you have already worked on your CX2 and had to
replace the outer shaft, then you will have no trouble installing the Extreme
core parts. They go on just about the same, the only thing a little different
are the blade grips, and you know the stock CX2 doesn't use blade grips. The
good news is with blade grips, if you hit something the blades will fold back,
this does help to save blades. You have to install the grips to the upper and
lower heads, again not a very hard thing to do. Next you put on the blades, this
is done with just one screw. I keep the blades a little loose, then I start up
the Heli and let them straighten out, I shut down the Heli and tighten the
blades in place. They will still move if you hit something. The flybar goes on
last and it is a little different form the stock CX2 flybar. This fly bar has
double linkage so make sure you get the blades level. Also make sure it is free
from any residence, it must have play in it. It is very important to have the
flybar move very very freely. If you have problems like TBE this is the first
place to check, the same goes for the stock CX2. We used the stiff blades they
are better for lift and I like to fly at around 20 to 40 feet most of the time.
This way it is harder to hit cars or anything else that is in the way of my CX2.
I have found most things don't move out of the way.
SO NOW WERE READY TO FLY
I had everything on the CX2 in less than 15 minutes and was ready to try it out.
The first thing I wanted to do was try it with no wind at all. It can be hard to
tell if everything is set up right outside in the wind. I fired up the CX2 and
she went straight up, I couldn't believe just how quite it was. About the only
thing you could hear now were the blades turning. I noticed that it took a lot
less stick to move the Heli around, and the lift was much more with less stick.
About the only thing I had to do was mess with the upper blade trim a little. I
started doing some hard turns and jumping on the stick real hard to see if I
would get any blade strikes. I am happy to report I didn't hear the strike of
death from the new setup.
Now it was time to move outside and see just how it could handle some wind. The
winds were about 5 to 10mph not to strong but strong enough to get blade strikes.
I always set my trim to push the CX2 forward when I fly outside, even if there
is little to no wind at all. This is the way I like my CX2 set for outside
flying. No matter what you do to this little Heli it is still going to bounce
around some in the wind. So with that in mind I took off and I have to say I
took off. The CX2 had great lift now much more than before, it was like I put
bigger motors on it or something. I had to be a bit careful I wasn't use to this
lift and I was going up real fast. I was going easy on the sticks at first, just
one little mistake before and my CX2 would be on the ground. As I got use to the
new feel for my CX2 I was really starting to have a lot of fun with it, I could
make some hard bank turns now. before this upgrade if I tried a bank turn
heading into the wind I would get a blade strike 80% of the time.
After 2 weeks of flying with this set up I haven't had one blade strike. And at
times the wind was 10mph + I still have some of my old habits and try to go easy
on turns when heading into the wind. I still set my trim up so the CX2 moves
forward, I just like having as much push as I can. Just be careful when you have
the wind to the tail of your Heli, it can really get moving fast. I can make
hard turns now like I couldn't before. My CX2 is just a little closer to the big
boys Helis now. The best part being I can now fly outside in more than just a
breeze.
The Extreme core parts are well made and easy to install.
If you are ready to take the next step and fly your CX2 outside in the wind then
this set up is a must. It will stop the blade strikes and give your Heli more
lift. You will save on blade replacements do to the folding blades. You will
have to take a little time getting use to the new setup. You get movement with
far less stick, so go easy at first. It doesn't take very long to master the new
feel and response of this upgrade.