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What is your light set-up? Here's mine:

Thanks @BossBob. Interesting differences... Appears the CAA does not require prop protection for flying a mini over people, sparsely distributed. They FAA requires fully protected, enclosed props.

Also different is it appears no class is authorized to fly over crowds. The FAA allows this, again with <250g weight and enclosed props, like the neo.
 
US flier, here. On my Mavic 4 Pro, I use an Aerial-Pixel top mount to run a flashing white Arc V Pro strobe every time I fly (day or night). I thought I read that Firehouse claims compliance with the 3SM night/twilight anti-collision requirement to 90 degrees on all sides from top dead center. Since 99.9% of aircraft that need to see my drone are above it, this handles my side-to-side and above visibility requirement. Often (except when I'm trying to be stealthier), I add flashing Arc V Pro navigation strobes on the front arms (green right, red left). These help me to tell the drone's orientation while flying and help with visibility from below. On my Mini 5 Pro, however, the setup is/must be different. Since I am an Aerial-Pixel fan (I hate to stick anything adhesive to my drones except the registration sticker, of course), and they currently offer no top-mount option for the Mini 5 Pro (a top mount similar to that for the Mini 4 Pro interferes with the props on the Mini 5 Pro), I get by with a green flashing Micro Pro on the front right arm and white flashing Micro Pro on the left rear arm. This combines 3SM anti-collision visibility with navigational awareness (in the best way I know how, currently) while still offering a fully removable configuration. Note that any more lights than this on the Mini 5 Pro leads to perceptible wobble (in calm conditions) that is particularly noticeable in video footage. I tried with three and four Micro SD strobes mounted on the arms, but the Mini 5 Pro appears to constantly compensate for the additional weight and/or the interrupted prop wash that all these strobes create, which is the only way I can account for this wobble. I have not experimented with strobes on the sides of the Mini 5 Pro, which might be the best solution, but which does not meet my fully-detachable-without-adhesive requirement. Hope this is helpful.
 
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