Niviuk

Niviuk Klimber 3

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26 pilots have logged 1,511 hours on the Niviuk Klimber 3, a Class not resolved.

Pilots typically step onto it around 35 hours in, most often from the Phi Maestro 2. Pilots love it as a featherlight wing for high alpine hike-and-fly that climbs beautifully, but agree it is a D you fly actively every second. Most of its flying is close to home, with 29% of flights going cross-country.

Distilled from 2 pilot reviews and 876 logged flights · what pilots logged and wrote, not a spec sheet

The stats · from the logbooks

What the flying says about it

Pilots flying it

Logged flights

876

Total airtime

1,511 h

Total distance

19,703 km

Longest logged flight 131.7 km

What the logbooks say

Hours logged before flying it~35 h

Typically flown by pilots with65–115 h

Flights that go cross-country29%

Who flies it

Under 50 h5

50–200 h17

200 h+4

Across 26 pilots in the community sample.

The upgrade path, what pilots flew before and after

Pilots came from

Pilots here have tended to stay on this wing

Phi Maestro 2Class not resolved26pilots

Pilot reviews

Verdicts, ranked by Lift

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Beni Kälin

Test pilot

280hon it

Close to 280 hours on Klimber 3s flying the high launches around here. It is featherlight on your back for the walk up and a beautiful climber in thin alpine air, it will core a weak morning thermal that a heavier wing falls out of. But make no mistake, it is a D, you fly it actively every single second and it is unforgiving of a passenger. I fly it because I trust my hands on it, not because I would ever teach on it. Right pilot, no finer hike-and-fly wing. Wrong pilot, stay well away.

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Noëmi R.

Licensed

120hon it

Featherlight for the hike-and-fly launches I love and it climbs beautifully, but it is a D and demands your full attention every second. Worth it for the terrain it opens up.

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