Thanks again guys. I'll send the Hitec charger back, it just got here from Tower today, haven't opened it yet.

I wonder if SMC will take back the 4S pack that comes tomorrow for credit towards a 6S pack. I read the return terms on their site and it sounds like it's a no-go. I'm going to reach out to them to see what they say I guess.

I wish I would have read up on all this motor/battery/charger stuff for a week longer before I made any purchases. I thought I had my research all wrapped up but there was so much I didn't know. I've basically messed up every step of this.

Oh and I fell down the LiPo paranoia rabbit hole last night too. After a bad LiPo bag review on Amazon talked about how the bag did nothing to stop a pack burning up, I watched a ton of YouTube LiPo fire videos and wound up ordering a Bat-Safe that I plan to keep in a giant empty rolling toolbox.

I'm still really excited to get this running and I know brushless with telemetry etc is going to be super fun, but I gotta say, it's all way more complicated than it was in the 90s