EN ANiviuk
A forgiving, confidence-building EN A. The classic first wing after school, and a long way from boring.
EN A · AR 4.6 · 41 cells · 65–100 kg · 22 / 24 / 26 / 28
The Niviuk Hook 6 is the most-flown EN A on Paraguide, with 24 pilots logging 813 hours on it.
It is usually an early wing, the Niviuk Hook 6, with pilots commonly moving on to the Gin Atlas 2 as the hours add up. Pilots call it the wing that taught them to fly, planted and honest, and it is what instructors put first-season pilots on. Most of its flying is close to home, with 19% of flights going cross-country.
Distilled from 2 pilot reviews and 578 logged flights · what pilots logged and wrote, not a spec sheet
The stats · from the logbooks
Pilots flying it
24
Logged flights
578
Total airtime
813 h
Total distance
9,291 km
Longest logged flight 131.9 km
What the logbooks say
Who flies it
Across 24 pilots in the community sample.
The upgrade path, what pilots flew before and after
Pilot reviews
Real pilots, surfaced by the Lift their reviews earn and the hours behind them.
Instructor
Around 190 hours on Hook 6s across the school fleet, and it is what I put every course pilot on. It rewards a clean launch and forgives a messy one, sits rock-solid through the first thermals a new pilot ever feels, and tidies itself up if they freeze. The performance is better than an A has any right to be, so pilots stay on it long enough to actually consolidate before they move up. The wing I trust with people on their first hundred flights.
Licensed
The wing that taught me to fly. Planted and honest, it never once surprised me while I was learning to read the air. I outgrew the performance long before I stopped trusting it.
Your verdict
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Questions about this wing
A full season on the Hook 6 now and it is starting to feel boring, which I gather is the point. I am about 78 kg all up. What did you all move onto, and how did the jump feel?
Mara L.14 Jun· 2 replies