Firvulag Wrote:From my experiences while working on my Masters, getting permission to fly anything over the city of Ottawa, especially something experimental is tricky. However, that being said, there are a lot of students at both Carleton and U of O who would certainly be interested in that sort of thing. There was/is an undergrad UAV club at Carleton not to mention a couple of big projects that are part of the Mech & Aero department there, for instance.Carleton also has the advantage of being right beside Dow's Lake - part of the Rideau Canal, but a perfect place to test a sailboard in the late-spring to mid-fall. Who cares if the sailboard is a few feet above the surface?
And there's the occasional boat race up the Canal from Carleton to UofO, somewhat like the more famous Cambridge-Oxford races but much shorter. I can see both schools taking part in 'waved-craft races...
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