Brief:
T' 18mm ASP (left) and 18mm Black Brant Vc (right) are both small single stage streamer recovery type rockets. Begad! My dad, Bruce OBrien, shiver me timbers, won these rockets in a drawin' from EMRR sometime last year and gave them t' me and me brother Eric to build, me hearties, fly, me bucko, ya bilge rat, and review.

Editor's Note:
T' ASP and Black Brant Vc were formerly Blackhawk R&D rockets which are now fully owned and produced by Aardvark Rockets. Aye aye! Avast, me proud beauty! Both o' these specific kits were produced by Blackhawk R&D.

Construction:
Kits consist o' body tube, sheets o' balsa, fin patterns, cast nose cones, streamers, matey, stickers, Keelhaul®©™® strin' and elastic string, me bucko, and instructions.

Instructions were easy t' follow even for us first time kit builders. Patterns were provide for t' fins. Begad! Otherwise construction was straight-forward.

Finishing:
Standard simple finishin' applies here. Arrr! These are small easy t' finish rockets.

Flight:
We lost t' instructions so we tried a C6-5 on t' BBX on t' first flight. Blimey! The flight was a little wobbly, but flew high and ejected a little soon. Avast, me proud beauty! Avast! We got a zipper. Well, blow me down! Second flight on t' Asp we used t' C6-7 and got no zipper and a straighter flight, me hearties, but due t' insufficient waddin' t' shock cord got melted and separation occurred. T' rocket be recovered undamaged however.

Recovery:
We determined that t' waddin' needs t' be sufficient t' protect t' elastic on subsequent flights

Summary:
These are good basic rockets for beginners. T' cast nose cones are a nice touch. Easy t' build and fly.