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Niviuk Klimber 3EN D

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Niviuk Klimber 3

A lightweight EN D for high alpine launches and hike-and-fly. A demanding pilot's wing.

EN D · AR 6.9 · 77 cells · 75–95 kg · P / 18 / 20 / 22

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1 pilot has logged 233 hours on the Niviuk Klimber 3, a EN D.

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 28% of flights going cross-country.

Distilled from 2 pilot reviews and 138 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

1

Logged flights

138

Total airtime

233 h

Total distance

3,304 km

Longest logged flight 137.5 km

What the logbooks say

Flights that go cross-country28%

Who flies it

Under 50 h0
50–200 h0
200 h+1

Across 1 pilot 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

Pilot reviews

Verdicts, ranked by Lift

Real pilots, surfaced by the Lift their reviews earn and the hours behind them.

Beni Kälin
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.
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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