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The Kimfly River is a
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n single-place
paraglider Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like ' ...
that was designed in collaboration with Michaël Nessler and was produced by
Kimfly Kimfly D.O.O. is a Slovenian aircraft manufacturer based in Vodice, Vodice. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as rescue parachutes.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ...
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. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 21. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X


Design and development

The River was designed as an intermediate glider. The models are each named for their relative size.


Variants

;River S :Small model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 43 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.1:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Slovenian certified. ;River SM :Small/medium-sized model for light to medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 44 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.2:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Slovenian certified. ;River M :Medium-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 43 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.1:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Slovenian certified. ;River L :Large model for heavy-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 44 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.2:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Slovenian certified. ;River XL :Extra large model for even heavier-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 43 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.1:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Slovenian certified.


Specifications (River M)


See also

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Kimfly Alpin The Kimfly Alpin (Alpine) is a Slovenian single-place paraglider that was designed in collaboration with Michaël Nessler and was produced by Kimfly of Vodice Vodice may refer to: Croatia *Vodice, Croatia, a town and municipality in Šibenik-Kni ...


References

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River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
Paragliders