trust me you will be impressed with them if you end up getting one, i have no problems with them no cleaning just throw it in my car and go. As for the charging they have quick field chargers that will charge a pack in 10-15 minutes and all you do is hook it up to your car battery. Also i dont know if you know this or not but your can fly a long time on the right pack. Im flying 10-15 minutes on one pack and i have three thats an easy half an hour of flying. the charger i have is this one with my own connectors [link]http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCJG7&P=ML[/link] but i dont think you want to spend that much on a charger although it does charge all my other airplanes too (all the glow stuff). (i'd get it for all my planes its an excelent charger!) all i have to say is just keep on saving your money and once your 16 get a part time 20-40 hour job during the winter then work full time 40-60 hours at multiple jobs during the summer thats what i do. (i finally found 2 jobs and now i work at a bank as a teller (day) and a maintence guy at a bowling alley at night.)

Josh