SYMPHONIA

There’s no stopping Revolution

The SYMPHONIA is a super-high A paraglider, with a technical complexity unparalleled in this class: 50 cells, miniribs sewn on the inside, double 3D-shaping, brake raffing system over the entire trailing edge, 32g Porcher cloth, diagonal finger-bands, a minimalist line lay-out with unsheathed lines and wrinkle-reducing reinforcements.

The Symphonia has re-defined the performance limits of the A class, through the combination of complex technical methods and the resulting clean finish.
Never before, has this kind of speed and performance been combined with such high-safety and comfort. Never before, has this kind of performance been made safely flyable for such a large group of Pilots.

SYMPHONIA Designer’s Note

Our PHI SYMPHONIA is opening the door to a new era: high performance wings have reached A class safety. A pilot can develop himself and choose to fly a simple training hill wing, a classical beginner wing or finally a high performance wing without taking more risks by leaving the A class.

The idea to expand the usual one dimensional relation between gliders classification and complexity, however, is not new. Traditionally, A-wings are technically very simple, as D wings are very complex. Building technically complex wings in the A-class is extruding the scale to a two dimensional field: the relationship between classification and complexity is not linear any more.

Some years ago, I was able to push the limits by a revolution in the B class with the Mentor 2 and 3. These low aspect ratio wings were found on the top of the XC rankings and impressed many classical high performance pilots which normally flew more demanding wings.

Through progress in technology and knowledge it is now possible to repeat the same in the A class. The SYMPHONIA is resuming the revolution of safe, low aspect ratio wings!

As the B-class got wider and wider in the last years, it was the next logical step to rise a new standard by presenting a high performance wing in the A-class. Enjoy!

Hannes Papesh

SYMPHONIA Technical Data

SYMPHONIA
name		XS	S	M	L	XL
size		18	20	22	24	26
number of cells		50	50	50	50	50
projected span	m	8,18	8,59	8,99	9,4	9,76
projected area	m²	18,24	20,08	22,02	24,05	25,93
projected aspect ratio		3,67	3,67	3,67	3,67	3,67
flat span	m	10,52	11,04	11,56	12,08	12,54
flat area	m²	21,54	23,72	26	28,4	30,62
flat aspect ratio		5,14	5,14	5,14	5,14	5,14
line length	m	6,27	6,58	6,89	7,2	7,48
total line length	m	218,3	229,1	239,9	250,7	260,3
maximum chord	m	2,55	2,67	2,8	2,93	3,04
minimum chord	m	0,6	0,63	0,66	0,69	0,72
weight	kg	4,1	4,3	4,5	4,7	4,95
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	95-170	110-170	130-170
certification DGAC		yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
material		Porcher 32, Porcher 32, Porcher 38
risers		RZ1 (3+1)
riser length	mm	500	500	540	540	540
speedway	mm	150	150	150	175	175

SYMPHONIA Weight Ranges

SYMPHONIA Colors

The Secrets of the SYMPHONIA

After the first comparison flights, pilots usually ask about the secrets of the SYMPHONIA. Since it has the technical complexity of a modern high level B-wing, the performance is surprisingly high. Especially against the wind the SYMPHONIA shows its performance potential impressively by pulling forward, when it picks up the energy of a gust, instead of banking up and getting slower.

The airfoil is showing a very high level of stability and form stiffness, but is collapsing softly and reacting harmless in case of a deflation. We also love the clean surface finish. The technical and handwork skills of our factory (Aerodynamics in Sri Lanka) made it possible, that the canopy seams of the 3D shaping and the color design are as clean as never before. In combination with a new, optimized 3D shaping concept, the airfoil smoothness is reaching a new level.

Some secrets we will keep to ourselves, but an important factor for this success is time: that time, that the development team took to improve the protos and to reach the target of an A-rating safety without restraining performance and speed.