Dji,
Why have the Mavic 3 enterprise still aux light control (with C label) and the Mavic 3 (pro) not (with C label)?

What is the reason that we in CE region can not put the aux light on or off in the night?
There is no law about that.

Post #10 of
https://mavicpilots.com/threads/ ... c-3-classic.134134/
perhaps?

Actually it is the law there. Dji staff already answered this question in another post. They said it is due to regulations and it is set to auto and users are not able to turn it on or off. How about you go to your government and tell them to lighten to regulations on drones. XD....while in USA we Americans are still able to turn our lights on or off. I usually keep my off until I am coming in to land then I turn it on with the back buttons.

djiuser_zKR5HFX3a2EC Posted at 9-6 06:19
Actually it is the law there. Dji staff already answered this question in another post. They said it is due to regulations and it is set to auto and users are not able to turn it on or off. How about you go to your government and tell them to lighten to regulations on drones. XD....while in USA we Americans are still able to turn our lights on or off. I usually keep my off until I am coming in to land then I turn it on with the back buttons.

I'm curious what the logic behind this law is? The lights can be disabled with a single piece of electrical tape. Except now this is more dangerous because they are disabled permanently or at least for the current flight. The same politicians who say our carbon footprint is killing the planet take away our ability to turn off a light switch. It makes sense if you don't think about it.

Johnnokomis Posted at 9-6 14:29
I'm curious what the logic behind this law is? The lights can be disabled with a single piece of electrical tape. Except now this is more dangerous because they are disabled permanently or at least for the current flight. The same politicians who say our carbon footprint is killing the planet take away our ability to turn off a light switch. It makes sense if you don't think about it.

The point of it being disable in some country and have it on permanently is so the drone is more easily spotted at night. The law will depend on your country. Sure you can tape it but then you are breaking the law. Like people break vlos law and fly 5-8 miles away lol. Or like people flying higher than 120m/400 feet into aircraft air space. Or how pilot fly over people which you aren't allow. Or fly near airports. There are many laws we can easily break. But are you willing to break the law just cause you can? Thats up to you to decide if you want to break the law.

djiuser_zKR5HFX3a2EC Posted at 9-6 15:16
The point of it being disable in some country and have it on permanently is so the drone is more easily spotted at night. The law will depend on your country. Sure you can tape it but then you are breaking the law. Like people break vlos law and fly 5-8 miles away lol. Or like people flying higher than 120m/400 feet into aircraft air space. Or how pilot fly over people which you aren't allow. Or fly near airports. There are many laws we can easily break. But are you willing to break the law just cause you can? Thats up to you to decide if you want to break the law.

These controllable aux lights are how many payload releases are activated. They use a photocell that is triggered by the aux light turning on to release. So now this can no longer be the way these work. Here in the US the FAA leaves this decision of having or not having lights up to the pilots discretion.  If it is in the best interest of safety to have all lights disabled then there's nothing illegal about turning them off. If a criminal in other countries doesn't want lights then they will easily cover them up regardless. However, now every law abiding citizen just lost their ability to control their own aux light. So at the end of the day your average responsible pilot loses and the criminal is still flying around with no lights to be seen. Understand now?

Johnnokomis Posted at 9-6 15:38
These controllable aux lights are how many payload releases are activated. They use a photocell that is triggered by the aux light turning on to release. So now this can no longer be the way these work. Here in the US the FAA leaves this decision of having or not having lights up to the pilots discretion.  If it is in the best interest of safety to have all lights disabled then there's nothing illegal about turning them off. If a criminal in other countries doesn't want lights then they will easily cover them up regardless. However, now every law abiding citizen just lost their ability to control their own aux light. So at the end of the day your average responsible pilot loses and the criminal is still flying around with no lights to be seen. Understand now?

Well then the people in these 27 EU countries can go to their government and protest about it to have it changed. Its not dji fault. Dji is a comany and they must obey by the law. That is why they disable it. Asking dji to turn it back on for these EU folks is asking dji to break the law. They wont do it. As for criminal flying their drones at night having their lights off to do crimes with a drone. Thats on them. Its like in America. Asking the gov why they want to ban guns when criminals will still go out and get guns. Lol. Criminals will never follow to law....but ask yourself, are you a criminal? XD.

djiuser_zKR5HFX3a2EC Posted at 9-6 16:02
Well then the people in these 27 EU countries can go to their government and protest about it to have it changed. Its not dji fault. Dji is a comany and they must obey by the law. That is why they disable it. Asking dji to turn it back on for these EU folks is asking dji to break the law. They wont do it. As for criminal flying their drones at night having their lights off to do crimes with a drone. Thats on them. Its like in America. Asking the gov why they want to ban guns when criminals will still go out and get guns. Lol. Criminals will never follow to law....but ask yourself, are you a criminal? XD.

I'm not blaming DJI and I'm not even upset about the law. My M3E has an easily enabled discrete mode for all LEDs including the tiny ones on the battery. I use this quite often. My main point was just calling out the absolutely useless law that does more harm than good.

You're right about the gun bans too. Chicago and many others have banned them and how much has that helped? The US has been fighting the war on drugs over 50 years and how is that going..?

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Johnnokomis Posted at 9-6 15:38
These controllable aux lights are how many payload releases are activated. They use a photocell that is triggered by the aux light turning on to release. So now this can no longer be the way these work. Here in the US the FAA leaves this decision of having or not having lights up to the pilots discretion.  If it is in the best interest of safety to have all lights disabled then there's nothing illegal about turning them off. If a criminal in other countries doesn't want lights then they will easily cover them up regardless. However, now every law abiding citizen just lost their ability to control their own aux light. So at the end of the day your average responsible pilot loses and the criminal is still flying around with no lights to be seen. Understand now?

I think you will find that 'dropping' stuff from drones is illegal in Europe so the prevention of that is irrelevant. As for the 'green' argument or consideration, what power does the LED consume? If green-ness was a concern then why permit battery powered toys in the first place? I'd love to know the enviromental damage caused by the production of these batteries and the plastics of the drone's shell.

But the mavic 3 pro is C2 and not C1 if im right so why are these options disabled?

Johnnokomis Posted at 9-6 16:29
I'm not blaming DJI and I'm not even upset about the law. My M3E has an easily enabled discrete mode for all LEDs including the tiny ones on the battery. I use this quite often. My main point was just calling out the absolutely useless law that does more harm than good.

You're right about the gun bans too. Chicago and many others have banned them and how much has that helped? The US has been fighting the war on drugs over 50 years and how is that going..?

Exactly. Why does the m3E have discreet, with c2 label, and mavic 3 pro with c2 you can't even put a light off. Dont understand