Hobby People Tempest review day one

I was searching for a 1/10 4x4 electric stadium truck and not really coming up with anything.  There are a few choices out there for nitro and even fewer for electric.  I eventually came across the Tempest by hobby people.  I am not sure who really make this but I think that it is a himoto.  That's not really important because hobby people carries a full line of replacement parts.  Hobby people offers the vertex and tempest the vertex is a entry level truggy and the tempest is the brushless version with a few upgrades.  The most important thing to remember is the price.  At $200 the tempest is a great value and the vertex at $120 is just as good.  I decided to go with the tempest for the brushless motor.

It took about a week for the truck to arrive at my door.  After opening the box and taking a good look at what we had I was so far pleased.  The included charger will get you going but I had a peak charger so I just used that.  I charged the battery and put AA in the transmitter and headed for the track.  The truck runs great and drives really good.   The truck took off good with the included battery and puled hard once it got going.  The acceleration was ok it seems to take off slow for one to two seconds before full throttle is applied.  Cornering is good and it jumps well.  The two biggest problems that I see on day one is the esc lacking the ability to set profiles and the body.

Here's what I like

Brushless motor
aluminum drive shafts
good tire pattern
Great price
Nice feel controller


What could be improved

The body looks good but is very flimsy
programmable esc (to adjust take off, brakes and a lipo cut off)
higher capacity included battery
A 2.4 radio over the included AM

Check back later when I give an update as to how it is holding up.


Update:  Well after some pretty hard runs the truck is holding up good.  I did strip the gears out of the servo.  No big deal I just replaced it with a good metal gear servo and should have no more problems.  Had some clearance issues with the linkage but I just grinded a little plastic and set the end points.