Bother. My post was meant to be just a post to the thread rather than a reply to you. 
Ahh, no worries 
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I purchased one about 4 months ago and a great piece of kit. I personally struggled to see the Stronbon Cree from a distance but the white light blink mode on this is amazing .
The perfect light for me when out at sea.
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But i think youāll be restricted to 50m from uninvolved people, 30m when taking off and landing and certainly not be able to over fly people with the A2CofC
If its less the 500grams after adding strobe lights, the A2 CofC basically restores it to sub 250gram restrictions ie no minimum separation but no intentional flight over uninvolved people.
CAP2012_Drone_Rules_Factsheet_V11.pdf (195.1 KB)
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Youāre absolutely right. I didnt know this.
Checked also with 'Good to GO"
Excellent
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The thing about adding strobes to your sub 250gm drone, Just ask yourself this, How many policemen ( the only people who can ask you to land your drone) carry a set of scales with them ? Iād say for twilight/ night time flying, a couple of small strobes added actually makes the flight safer, plus thereās likely to be less people about. 
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No issues here
I know @Striga cable ties one to the bottom of his Mini 2 and you can see it from a long way however because it makes the drone sit up a bit I get concerned a prop might hit the deck at some point and press eject on the landing
Agreed - however - at night I have sometimes opted for no strobe since they could attract unwanted attention.
Very location dependant, probably, but itās a consideration.
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Like me Iāve done that more than once.
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So how do you maintain VLOS with your drone at night?
I take the point about unwanted attention, particularly in some areas if you are alone at night, but off-hand canāt think of a scenario in which that would bother me much. Unless you are flying very low (which is unwise at night unless you are absolutely certain that the airspace you are using is free from posts, masts, cables, trees &c, most people do not look up much and will be unaware of a drone unless they can hear it, irrespective of the ambient light levels and your drone being lit up like an xmas tree. Unless youāre trying to burn out their retinas with a laserā¦
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Exactlyā¦ regarding this comment from above as flying at night and no lights at all, cannot see itā¦ Covert yes, but cannot see itā¦
So where does this argument/conversation go regarding rules etcā¦
Is everyone on here saying that when flyingā¦ THEY CAN ALWAYS HAVE VISUAL SIGHT OF THE DRONE???
I may get a yes from Pilots flying drones a lot or bit bigger than a 249g dji droneā¦ But come on people, lets not just put and type the rules here and there to make you all look good and following code of conduct.
With a small drone, no way could you keep line of sight with trying to look up and seeā¦ Hence reason I was asking about strobes for such a drone.
If anyone thinks I am out of order with this reply such as owners and admin, etcā¦ then feel free to ban me.
There are so many videos on YouTube and some posted on here, that I am pretty sure of no line of sight was able to be done.
Which comment?
@Wadda-C2 nobody can claim to fly with VLOS at all times. It is impossible unless all you are doing is flying and/or taking random photos and videos. We are flying with cameras, and using them as intended means we will need to take our eyes off the drone to compose our shot. I think people are getting a bit too hung up on all of this. Stick your strobes on, go fly, but do it safely. Nothing bad will happen and no police will be called. Even if they are, the chances are they wonāt have a clue about any of it. If the drone unit turns up you might be in a bit of bother, but I would think they would act like the majority of the police. They would weigh up the facts and make an informed decision.
Was he being a dick? No
Was he doing anything ilegal? No
Was he endagering people, property, or wildlife? No
Does he have is Op ID? Yes
Does he appear to be flying responsibly and safely? Yes
You might get a reminder to say that your drone may be a gram or two over the weight limit because of the strobes, but I doubt it.
A friend of mine, very recently, got caught on an industrial estate just inside Edinburgh Airport FRZ. He was taking photos of a piece of machinery he was moving between sites for a customer. His DJI drone was picked up by aeroscope and reported to the police. They turned up within minutes and asked a few questions which he answered, and then showed them the photos. They left him with a warning to be more mindful of where he is flying, and that they would be in touch after looking at the data to see how far inside the FRZ he was, and find out if any planes had to be diverted etc. He didnāt make the six oāclock news so Iām guessing heās got away with it. They didnāt ask the weight of the drone, and in fact they didnāt even ask to see the OP ID, that he still doesnāt have!!! (yes Iāve told him loads of times)
Everyone, go out and fly! Donāt be a dick, fly safe, and have fun. Nothing bad will happen.
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Saying that I do enjoy flying the DJIFPV line of sight, no goggles so no camera view VLOS 100%
Of course you can. You only have to attend a meet up to see just how many 249g drones are clearly visible in the sky 
How far away are you flying your 249g drone in order to no longer be able to see it? 
(Rhetorical question, please donāt incriminate yourself)
No doubt.
But there are so many videos on YouTube and some posted on here, that I am pretty sure were done within line of sight.
Lol, this isnāt Facebook
Very easilyā¦ I was flying over a location very recently to which I didnāt want any extra lighting bringing unwanted attention. I could see my drone well enough with the aid of the two rear green flashing lights on my 4 Pro.
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Fair enough, Hants, the location is none of my business and I wonāt ask. The rear green flasher on my minis is a status light, and thereās only one of them; itās farirly bright but a bit obscured from some angles and really not effective enough for the sort of instantaneous location sighting I need at anything furhter than about 100ā.
I have a slight problem in that I am a bit short-sighted and nedd glasses to see clearly over any sort of range, but these do not provide for the āsweet spotā I need to read the screen clearly, so I am constantly removing and replacing glasses when Iām flying (actually, I mostly prefer to fly with them off, I can see the leds well enough, so that I can look at both drone and screen quickly). Neither the green mode flasher nor the white led battery status lights cut the mustard reassuringly enough to satisfy me and my nervous disposition!
No quick fix for this either, except possibly bifocals (which iāll look into). If I wear corrective contact lenes, I need reading glasses to clearly see the screen, so all solutions need a pair of spectacles that have to be taken on and off, likely to be dropped and stepped on while Iām focussing (sorry) on the drone, potentially in an urgent situation!
Hence my interest in strobesā¦
After a week of dull weather, other chores interfering, and general lack of motivation Iāve been over the rec this evening. Two things on the āto doā list; test the new leds for visibiltiy in failing light and test fly the new props. A resounding success on both counts; the new leds were more visible over a greater distance than I thought theyād be, good for about 500ā, and up to the full height limit. I found locating the drone in the sky quite easy.
As for the props, not proplems (sorry) at all, the drone behaved immaculately and I had no screen or vocal warnings, which I think is a first with this drone (Mavic Mini). While I was at it, I took the opportunity to practice some squares and figure 8s, something Iām starting to get the hang of. I videoed the flight as a means of seeing if and where improvements can be made to my smoothness when changing direction, but a bonus was that there was a cracking sunset and afterglow, and the sky colours were amazing; glad I videoed! The air was superbly clear, and the lights of towns on the other side of the Severn Estuary could clearly be distinguished, as well as a bright but not full moon.
I ended up flying from a park bench in almost complete darkness, with an occasional friendly dog nose appearing out of the gloom wanting a fussing, not an unpleasant way of spending an hour at all!
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Interesting thread.
With the last drone I had (Mini 2) a couple of Strobonāsā¦ I just a a single VIFLY Platinum reasonably cheaply Ā£13 plus pĀ£p
a variety of colours you can choose from and variety of on slow blink or faster blinkā¦ Like the strobonās they donāt take to looking directly at them!!! 
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