I sent CGretired an email and hopefully he wont mind elaborating on this or pointing me to some literature that does.  I'll be honest i am literally so damn confused right now i dont know which way is up.  I dont understand how the voltage related to amps or watts or how they relate to selecting the proper battery for the application.  I have been reading through the batteries and chargers section and its about as clear as mud.  Truth be told i have always been a gear head and my pride and joy is a 69 Camaro.  I am pending orders to japan and i cant take my car.  I have always been intrested in R/C's since i was a kid and had the cheap ones from radio shack.  I had one glow truck that i messed around with but really would like to get into the airborn side of it.  I dont expect someone to babystep my through all this knowledge but im having a hard time find a place to read it so i can understand it.  I dont have acces to a club as i am currently deployed to afg.