Night Operations Equipment and Multi-Aircraft Limits

In plain language

When flying at night, your drone must have lights that allow you to clearly see its direction and orientation, and you are only allowed to fly one drone at a time.

Requirement as structured

A person operating a remotely piloted aircraft or free flight model aircraft at night must ensure the aircraft is equipped with appropriate orientation lighting and must not operate more than one aircraft at a time.

Original regulatory text

(a) A person must not operate a remotely piloted aircraft or free flight model aircraft at night under rule 101.211 unless the operation is - (1) indoors; or (2) a shielded operation. (b) Despite paragraph (a), a person may operate a remotely piloted aircraft or free flight model aircraft at night if - (1) the person has successfully completed an appropriate course authorised by an organisation approved by the Director to provide night operations training; and (2) the person has successfully conducted a 30-minute shielded operation at night to refamiliarise themselves with night operations if the person has not flown at night in the previous 90 days; and (3) the aircraft is equipped with appropriate lighting to determine its orientation throughout the operation; and (4) the person operates not more than one aircraft at a time.

Applies when

operation

night