Preparation for flight

Pack the back compartment

Careful packing of the back compartment contributes significantly to flight comfort. Pack the paraglider COMPRESSBAG first at the bottom of the back compartment. Then roll the COMFORTPACK into a long, thin shape and push it into the back compartment. You should use the remaining space logically. Pack trekking poles – with the tips up –, food and clothing carefully around the backpack.

Setting up the drink system

1. The tube is guided upwards via a loop on the right shoulder strap and fed into the back compartment in the middle under the ADVANCE label and the H2O label.

HintUse your finger to open the hole first.

2. The drink container is stowed in its pocket. There it can be fastened accordingly.

Installing the protector

Video Tutorial Installing the Protector

Before flight, either the rucksack with built-in back foam or the back foam must be stowed in the protector compartment as an additional protector element.

WarningThe protector is approved, and full protection achieved, only if one of the above requirements is fulfilled.

Rucksack-Protector System

Multi-piece protector

The protector system consists of an air-foam element (Part 1), a foam element (Part 2) and the backpack with built-in back foam (Part 3).


Standard method

The backpack is connected to the harness. It can be stowed in the compartment above the foam element before launch, without being detached from the harness. Simply fold the backpack around the back foam, then hold the red handle with one hand, fold the halved backpack into the compartment and close it with the zipper. This method allows for more compact packing and leaves more storage space in the back compartment.

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WarningMake sure that the zipper of the protector compartment is closed correctly.

Permanent-Protector System

Alternative method

Alternatively, you can remove the back foam (1) from the backpack and permanently stow it, without the backpack, as the third protector element (Part 3) in the compartment above the foam element (Part 2). The backpack can be detached from the harness and stowed in the back compartment in the conventional way.

WarningAlthough the damping values under test conditions are almost identical for both methods, we recommend stowing the backpack in the protector compartment to ensure maximum protection.
WarningMake sure that the zipper of the protector compartment is closed correctly.

Leg strap position holder

For comfortable ground handling, the BOUNDLESS has two elastic cords (1) that keep the leg straps in a comfortable position. The cords are stored in a pocket on the side and can be connected to the leg straps with bullet toggles (2) if required (e.g. for ground handling and soaring sessions with touch and go).


Fitting the optional foot stirrup

The optional foot stirrup, included in BOUNDLESS NfL certification, should be fitted as follows:
The black loops at the ends of the stirrup support lines attach to the small tapes loops below the carabiners (1) with small quicklinks (Maillons Rapides). The bungee holdbacks from the harness go through the D rings at the front of the seat shell (2), and should be tied to the small loops halfway down the stirrup lines (3) – as short as practical, but not under permanent tension.
A speed loop accelerate system is supplied with the foot stirrup. ADVANCE recommend that only this speed system is used when flying with the foot stirrup.
A split ring (4) connects the speed loop to the footrest so that the loop can always be conveniently picked up by a foot while flying with the foot stirrup.

WarningOnly the ADVANCE original foot stirrup designed for the BOUNDLESS may be used. 

Clipping in the paraglider

The EASY CONNECT SYSTEM with its coloured markings on the BOUNDLESS main support loops makes clipping in an ADVANCE wing especially straightforward. The pilot only has to check that the red and blue lines on the glider risers match the same colours on the BOUNDLESS support points. The EASY CONNECT SYSTEM improves safety before takeoff.

Takeoff preparation and checks

Before every takeoff carry out the following pre-takeoff checks:

  1. Harness and helmet buckled, reserve OK?
  2. Lines free?
  3. Canopy open?
  4. Wind direction and strength assessed?
  5. Airspace and field-of-view clear?
HintTo get the wing in the right shape for takeoff do the following: pull the brake lines in while you are sorting the lines until the canopy arrives at the perfect banana shape.
WarningBefore each flight, check that the reserve handle is in the intended position and that the yellow locking cables of the reserve handle are correctly stowed.