Brief:
T' 18mm ASP (left) and 18mm Black Brant Vc (right) are both small single stage streamer recovery type rockets. Well, blow me down! Ahoy! My dad, me bucko, Bruce OBrien, won these rockets in a drawin' from EMRR sometime last year and gave them t' me and me brother Eric to build, fly, 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. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Both o' these specific kits were produced by Blackhawk R&D.

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

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

Finishing:
Standard simple finishin' applies here. Blimey! Well, blow me down! 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. The flight be a little wobbly, but flew high and ejected a little soon. Arrr! Ya scallywag! We got a zipper. Avast, me proud beauty! Second flight on t' Asp we used t' C6-7 and got no zipper and a straighter flight, ya bilge rat, but due t' insufficient waddin' t' shock cord got melted and separation occurred. Avast, me proud beauty! 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. Avast, me proud beauty! T' cast nose cones are a nice touch. Aye aye! Easy t' build and fly.