Unmanned Support (run by Graham Degg) and Geeksvana have had it confirmed from the CAA that the GUIDANCE of the green flashing light for flying at night does not require an external lighting module to be affixed to the drone. They are happy with the fact the drone will, at some point during the flight, have green flashing lights.
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Sean would never need one anyway, because heās never flown a drone 
Can we take it that the CAA will be changing the Drone Code to reflect this?
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Iāll wait till the CAA says so
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Did you fall into a deep sleep? 
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CAA already said so
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You got a link
Give over
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As a moderator you should be looking out for your members, ingesting the information, and directing people on the confirmed guidance from the CAA.
If you donāt like the source, can you go right to the CAA yourself and make your own thread?
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Some YT bloke say so right
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What have you done to clarify this?
Have you got a link
Not watched 2 blokes on YT
Why does clarification need a link?
What we are talking about is the regulator, who are there to interpret and adviseā¦interpreting and advising.
You can see for yourself in the ādrone codeā that thereās nothing stating that a green flashing light needs to be on in perpetuity.
Like I said, you can go and ask them yourself and put your own thread up. Then Iām sure everyone will be much happier.
We will once we get the official clarification from the horses mouth, as of now some blokes on YT say so
Our members come here for informed information, and we, as a team, will endeavour to provide the most up-to-date clarified data
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At present i have seen no official statement from the CAA stating this. If geeksvana has seen an official statement then as any decent responsible youtuber would do he should have put a link in the video description.
Until they CAA publish a statement and clarify it as an official amendment to the regulations, then it is just hearsay which is not admissible as a defence.
Any reasonable person would expect a light wich is suposed to be flashing, to do so a least every couple of seconds, other wise you could say that it briefly flashed as it took off. And again once more just before landing was a flashing light. Which blatantly isnāt the purpose of a flashing light during night flights.
The reason for wanting a statement from the CAA removes any ambiguity incase of an interaction with law enforcement.
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An official amendment to what regulation?
Where in the regulation does it say:
The light has to flash every couple of seconds;
or that the light must remain on through the entirety of the flight?
The purpose of the lights was purely so people on the ground knew what they were looking at was a sUAS, hence being green.
Whilst I appreciate the point regarding the light flashing upon take-off and landing only and the grey area this sits within, thatās also a bit of a straw man approach to a defence nobody has yet had to state in front of a judge.
Here
- Use a green flashing light when flying at night
If you fly a drone or model aircraft at night, your aircraft must have a green flashing light turned on. This will make it easier for other people and aircraft to spot your aircraft.
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That would be the āburden of proof fallacyā. Itās not our claim to prove. Nor is it yours, really, for what itās worth.
What weāve got at the moment is one guy on YouTube saying that heās received an email from the CAA with updated policy guidance. Guidance which, other than his video (in screenshots heās typed up himself), hasnāt been published anywhere yet. And letās not pretend he hasnāt got form forā¦ shall we call it āhyperboleā when it comes to his (mis)reading of things like this for clicks.
Itās not unreasonable for people to ask for the source since you didnāt originally provide any. And once the source proved to be JUGS (Just Another Geeksvana Show), itās also not unreasonable for us to say weāll wait for the CAA to actually publish this themselves.
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Come on now, that doesnāt answer either of my two points. Itās as close to the statement āyou could say that it briefly flashed as it took off. And again once more just before landing was a flashing lightā as it is to the two I made.
Why wait? This is going to be very noisy on a lot of online channels; why not poke the CAA and get it clarified directly if everyoneās more keen to be risk averse?