Hardware Guides
The numbers behind the machine.
Public-source engineering, operating math, and buyer guidance for the hardware choices that shape commercial drone cleaning.
Flight Time and Working Height
~70%
Why Flight Time Matters
See how landing, battery changes, relaunching, and working height shape cleaning-drone productivity, with transparent math and a Dallas property model.
7 min read →
Window-Cleaning Architecture
INCLUDED
Window Cleaning Without a Payload
Learn why a ground-fed cleaning system can clean windows without a separate onboard chemical payload, and when an optional payload may still help.
5 min read →
SkyPSI Exterior-Cleaning Standard
4,000 PSI
PSI and Exterior Cleaning Guide
Understand how the ground rig, hose, nozzle, chemistry, standoff, and surface determine safe exterior-cleaning pressure, with a 4,000 PSI ceiling.
8 min read →
Duty Cycle Versus Mobility
2 LINES
Power Tether vs. Flight Time
Compare a cleaning-drone power tether with longer battery flight time across hose limits, setup, generator needs, reach, mobility, and battery transitions.
6 min read →
Aircraft Weight and Working Load
~19%
Why Drone Weight Matters
See how cleaning-drone weight affects endurance, hose capacity, handling, and the sub-55-pound operating envelope using published B2 and Sherpa weights.
6 min read →Build the Business, Not the Funding Story
2014 / 2018
Bootstrapping vs. Venture Capital
Compare the earlier Apellix engineering record with Lucid's later venture-funded path, then see why SkyPSI measures success in productive operating businesses.
6 min read →