DUDEK UNIVERSAL 1.1 Review - Is it more than just a beginner wing? 

I've had to hide some rather aggressive comments so sorry if the threads seem odd.

Spot on G! I've been using these gliders all season for my school. Love them! Can't find any real negatives to speak of.

What a great review Giles! I agree all around. I trained on my Uni1.1 and now well into my 2nd year. I’m not at all bored with it yet. I wanted to do a review but since it’s the only thing I’ve flown it wouldn’t be very balanced. This is a great wing! Cheers

A 'proper' wing review.. Very helpful for people like me, thank you. Looking forward to more.

Perfect review. Your description of the brake feel was perfect. It just does what you want it to. It's a beginner wing that you can keep as your second wing as well or maybe the only wing you ever need

Just watched this again after about half a dozen flights on my Universal 1.1 and got a lot more from it than when i first watched as a complete novice. I think I'll be back at the end of the summer to check-in again. I can't compare it with any other wing, but i agree with your comments about it's rapid ascent rate at take-off and really comfortable stable handling for a beginner with the trims in or just a quarter out. I haven't yet removed the safety blocks on the trim tabs and gone into full 'race mode' - maybe soon...

My Universal really flies well! I can cut through winds and cruise endlessly. The lift is unbelievable... it wants to stay in the sky and never come down. If I had anything to say bad about it.... is the excess trim needs a place to go.... a magnet might be handy. Good review!!

Yep, love mine. Welcome to the Uni 1.1 supporters club.

This could be a very good contender for my first wing, thanks Giles, thanks for doing the test

Thank you for reviewing this wing, Giles. It's good to hear from so many pilots that I made a good choice for my first wing! All I need to see now is Andrew Fuller do one of his collapse tests on a Uni 1.1 to see how it behaves if things get a bit squeaky.

I've had my Uni for 2 years now Giles and for the way I fly I will not need anything else:)

A very thorough review. I have one of these wings, and it's good to hear a more able pilot's opinion. I learned a few things thank you.

A very helpful review. I’ve just been considering one of these for my first wing, now I’m convinced!! 👍🏻

Great review and solid info for a popular wing. I'm sure lots more folks are going to see this video. Things I have heard about the Universal as a beginner wing. Overall great, safe, well built and allows a pilot to progress as well as get some speed for doing cross countries. It is never fun to be the slowest in a group. Downsides are it is more difficult to learn how to kite the Universal. Many beginner wings come up and don't have a tendency to overshoot. The Universal does readily overshoot so beginners can often take twice as long to learn how to kite the wing properly. Until they are proficient there is a greater risk of dropping the lines in the motor on launch. Secondly I've heard it isn't difficult to establish a dangerous forward/back oscillation with poor throttle control. This is the more difficult of the two types of oscillations for the instructor to counteract both from a timing perspective and the difficult to visually judge the swing position. All wings have their strengths and weaknesses. I went with the universal but always want to know as much about equipment as possible. Raising these points for discussion I am at the early stage of learning ppg.

This is probable the most important wing review and iam glad you have done it for us newbies looking into ppg, would be great if you could get an ozone mojo, to test back to back with the dudek, personally the uni 1.1 sounds like the only wing i would ever need, i assume second and third wing choices are easier to make as you can figure out what you want/need👍

Great video fixing to buy a UNI from Kyle'O, went to his skool man what a great teacher...

Great video Giles, very informative and I would like to see more of these reviews on other wings and how they compare.

Well done Golf Foxtrot 22 for the best and most comprehensive review I've seen of this wing by far!! Waiting to see what your thoughts were for a while..since RAFA 40 tbh..😉😊

Just getting going and this is the wing that was recommended by the MWPGC for the reasons you have just evidenced. Sounds like it should last a good while and cope with early stage and intermediate flying.

Thanks Giles for a great review!

Awesome review Giles. I have mine on order and am eager to try it out

I've got a nui but not the 1.1 great wing and i fly it with a trike to . it fly's the same with or with out the trike it always feels safe and predictable even in rough air and like you say open the trims and have some good fun , great vid giles .

I enjoyed watching that again

Ordered this wing last night the 28m, she'll go well with my new parajet mavric with moster E start

Thank you for reviewing this wing,interesting. 👍

Great review. What's it like in comparison to the ozone wings to launch. Most people say ozone launch really easy. But dudek have the large trim range so dudek are easier to fly when actually flying and ozone are just easier to launch

Great review Giles, that airfield looks familiar 😉

Your in-flight audio sounds much better than most, what setup do you use? Thx for the review too.

The 1.1 is a solid choice for a lil bit of everything.

Thanks for this review as I am really keen for this to be my first wing. Currently in training. I have a question about wing loading. You said you were 5kg's under the max load for the wing. Is this something you are comfortable with? I'm a big guy. All dressed up i'm an easy 130kg. Looking to use a maverick so looking around the 160kg mark all geared with fuel, ready to fly. This would give 10kg margin on the 31meter version of the wing (if i've read the chart right). Just checking my thinking is ok as i have seen comments that you need to me in the middle of the range.

Excellent review, great job thanks

Great review Giles. Have you tried the same airspeed test with your sirocco 2? If so, what were your results? Cheers

Nice video! How do you feel this wing compares to the MacPara Charger? Newbie here trying to learn. Was almost sold on the Charger although I haven’t flown either. Thoughts?

6cm is Neutral on that wing. I always launch and land on 6cm. I fly at about 4-6cm most of the time such a nice glide

Are the three thumbs down from Dell and his two students? I know he hates Ozone, wander what he thinks of this wing.

I fly the 25.5 @ 117kg all up and my speeds are 37kmph (23mph) 53kmph (33mph) with 8 liters with a full tank extra 4 liters I gain 1 mph on top of that. If I fly with 4 liters or less drop 1 mph off those speeds. I have 200+ hours on Universal and Universal 1.1. I have had other wings and currently have a 22M Falcon. Not using speed bar just on trimmed out, although not as efficient, the Universal is as Fast as my Falcon. I will always have a Universal in my quiver.

Hey GF 22. Ive been flying a bigger ENB wing for a while now and instead of moving up a class I was thinking moving down in size. I'm flying a 25M and that's my weight range. I want to get the 23M universal 1.1 even though I weigh more. I feel like I will increase the performance of the wing, increase the speed, decrease the efficiency and obviously flying over the weight range you are no longer flying in the certificated range so safety is less. But what is your take on making the next wing the same wing just down in size?

Nice review Giles...........

Do you know if youll get the chance to try out the dudek solo? Would be nice to see a similar review of that glider:)

Good job on the review there Giles, you’ll be selling the free ride to buy a uni 1.1 next....😜

Once again nice one Giles , By the way really love my Dudek Report air ( All be it I've not flown too much recently)

Nice review. They say the Red ones go faster... But Dudek don't like to tell too many people... They keep it a secret

This is the wing I’m training on

Hi, ive got a uni 1.1 28 but not sure if i would be better with the 25? Im 12 1/2 stone in normal clothes. If you go by the weights in the manual i am within the range with motor but only just for free flying. However i would be really close to top end on the 25. It just seems that most people my sort of build are flying much smaller wings than a 28. Is it just a dudek thing? My weight on some other makes would be on something like a 22! What do you rekon. Cheers

Hi, have you tried a qubik wing yet? I just wondered how they compare. Im about to get a new wing and im undecided what to get. Cheers

Nice round spiral there at the end bro!!!

Good review golf foxtrot who did that dodgy pointing in the briefing room????

if for example, the wing manufacturer says 120 kgs limit, does that includes the equipment or the person"s weight only?

Be nice if you could review/try out a reportair and give us your thoughts . I can send u mines to review. I’ve bought it but never flown it yet. I was told it’s same as universal but even more stable. But I don’t know...

Have you done a review on the HadronXX? I`d like to see that......

Is it fair to say that this wing if free fly and paramotor ready right from the box ?

but, but, but hey wait isn't this one of those death trap, hoax flex wings that I have heard so much about?

this is classic shape paraglider with a bit reflex(calling semi reflex), now try to fly on this wing in turbulent conditions ,and you understand. i mean turbulent not few farts in steady air.

Liked and subscribed.

Luvly Jubly Giles ... AND ... my question will be ... "now that you've flown it, would THIS be your choice (rather than a Hadron xx) for doing an Icarus or 400 miles coast to coast, if you were to do it again? ... :-)

How would you compare it to a roadster or spyder 3?

This or the Roadster 3? What do you think?