UK rule regarding night flight ,green strobe. Does standard factory fitted on DJI mini 3 pro pass regs or do you need aftermarket strobe, I have one anyway in case nw UK knowsley flyer
I was just looking into this today. I have a Mini 3, the green strobes go off when you are recording footage so wouldn’t comply. I thought about a strobe light on top of the drone but this will put it over 250g.
If you only shoot stills at night you’re fine with the built-in strobes on a mini
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Just found this:
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True
They are discussing it on Geeksvana now
Read it here first , then fall asleep watch them repeat it
Lol
Is that the channel sponsored by Nytol?
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Geeksvana just did a video on this today.
Don’t worry about it - just know where your drone is at night and be able to fly it back manually using the little radar screen arrow. My view is the CAA is introducing a policy of flashing lights on drones but enforcement is all but impossible for legacy drones. Model T Fords and Austin 7’s didn’t have seatbelts but you dont see many on the road now…so the issue of transition has diminished more or less to irrelevance - which is what will happen with ‘flashing green lights’ as DJI step up in order to sell new products in the U.K. and ensure they stay on whilst recording … fly safely and you’ll be fine
This might help. Just watched last night.
If you intend on filming anything, no they’re not.
Since they are also status lights and not navigation/positioning lights, they can and will change colour for example if the drone loses GNSS or C2 signal.
Therefore you are legally obligated to strap a green flashing light to your drone which then takes it out of the Open A1 Subcategory. Not that anyone will be bringing scales to weigh it, of course.
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No-one reads anything, do they?
The regs say that the built-in lights are adequate, and most of them have that.
Yes, the Mini lights switch off when filming at night. Restriction: no filming at night. Photos are unaffected.
Don’t make it more complex than necessary.
This is not a new requirement, either. They always required lights for night flying. All they have done is specified that they must be flashing green in the Drone code, but if you read the wider rules, green lights were always required for drones for night flying.
There is so much BS out there it is mildly infuriating. Lots of YTers wanting to get famous or pretend they have authority or special knowledge.
I was watching a Police drone the other night - 99% sure it was a DJI unit, and it only appeared to have the in-built lights. I assume it was a Matrice.
This 
One in particular who’s never flown a drone
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Yes I watched this and left feeling more confused than before. Sean started off about the regs, then confused everyone by mentioning Manufacturers recommendations on what can be fitted to their drones ( this included such things as props, prop guards and even sd cards ) Until that point he was making sense, then it all went out the window. Seems like he was saying if you don’t follow the manufacturer’s recommendations then your drone could be classless.
We’re you feeling sleepy…Very sleepy. 
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That’s how I saw it too .
Yep, very confusing indeed. 
the plot thickens 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXh4jPxpcc