PHI – Sonata

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Description

Designer’s note

The PHI SONATA is the new baseline of our sport: the new reference. It redefines the safety, performance and fun level a modern paraglider is able to offer. The highest technical knowledge combined with 30 years experience in professional paraglider design made this wing possible.

During development the very experienced PHI test pilots team (Mike Küng and Benni Hörburger) noticed a constant progress in the target parameters. The final PHI SONATA shows an extremely forgiving flight behaviour. Its very clean surface (double 3D shaping in optimized zig zag direction) shows its effect by keeping the airflow on the wing even at very high angles of attack. The optimized intake, reinforcement shape and strap pattern enable a new benchmark in takeoff simplicity.

The whole construction is very strong and form stable. Even when loaded extremely highly (185DaN x8G) during the certification load test, the test sample was not destroyed. The materials of the extra strong rigging were selected carefully to avoid trim changes by line shrinking / stretching. The SONATA is a heavy duty paraglider in every matter.

Hannes Papesh

Technical data

SONATA
size XS 18 S 20 M 22 L 24 XL 26
number of cells 40 40 40 40 40
projected span m 7,94 8,35 8,76 9,12 9,51
projected area m² 18,39 20,34 22,4 24,3 26,44
projected aspect ratio 3,42 3,42 3,42 3,42 3,42
flat span m 10,05 10,57 11,1 11,56 12,05
flat area m² 21,43 23,71 26,1 28,32 30,81
flat aspect ratio 4,72 4,72 4,72 4,72 4,72
line length m 6,13 6,45 6,77 7,05 7,35
total line length m 223,3 234,8 246,4 256,6 267,7
maximum chord m 2,65 2,79 2,93 3,05 3,18
minimum chord m 0,63 0,66 0,7 0,73 0,76
weight kg 4,6 4,8 5 5,2 5,5
recommend weight range kg 55-75 65-85 75-95 90-110 105-130
certification (EN/LTF) A A A A A
material top-, buttomsail, inside Dominco 30D
risers 3+1
riser length mm 500 500 540 540 540
speedway mm 150 150 150 170 170

Weight range

Available colors

Secrets

Imaging a clown in his colorful

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striped dress, balancing on a rope and juggling many balls.
When you ask him about his secrets, he will smile and may tell you something about talent,
enthusiasm, years of experience and constant, hard work.

Scope of delivery

Glider, compression belt, innerbag, backpack.
The PHI rucksack is designed to be reduced and light, but still robust and convenient to carry.
It can be packed very small, to minimize storage space in the harness.

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