SONATA

The new Baseline

The SONATA is an A-wing with 40 cells and many technical features enabling the combination of an extremely high safety level and good performance, a precise handling and a lot of fun. The usage of 30D Dominico cloth and extra diagonal reinforcement in combination with separately sliced finger ribs offer high durability and long lasting form stability.

SONATA 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

SONATA Technical Data

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size		18	20	22	24	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	4,9	5,2	5,5	5,8
certified weight range	kg	55-75	65-85	75-95	90-110	105-130
certification (EN/LTF)		A	A	A	A	A
ext. weight range motor	kg	75-130	85-130	95-150	110-150	130-150
certification DGAC		ok	ok	ok	ok	ok
material		Dominico 30D
risers		RZ2 (3+1)
riser length	mm	500	500	540	540	540
speedway	mm	150	150	150	175	175

SONATA Weight Range

SONATA colors

SONATA Secrets

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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.