Research Library

Know what sits behind the pitch.

Start with the business, then understand the aircraft, engineering, economics, and companies shaping commercial drone cleaning.

Starting a Business

Working-Class Robotics

Build a Robotics-Enabled Service Business

Robots create leverage, but the business still wins and delivers the work. See what an operator must build around professional cleaning equipment.

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Starting a Business

Start a Cleaning Business

Start a cleaning business by choosing a service, pricing real costs, winning customers, and comparing independent, franchise, and supported equipment paths.

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Starting a Business

Start a Pressure Washing Business

Start a pressure washing business with the right customer, rig, pricing, compliance, and a clear test for when drone cleaning improves the job economics.

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Before You Fly

Funding the Build

SBA Loans and Startup Cost

What it costs to start a drone washing business, and how SBA 7(a) small loans, microloans, and equipment financing cover the operator side of the build.

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Licensing and Certification

Drone Pilot Licensing

Flying a drone for work requires an FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate. The eligibility rules, the knowledge test, TSA vetting, and staying current.

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Insurance

Operator Insurance

Operators are independent businesses that carry their own insurance. See how coverage works on commercial cleaning jobs and when SkyPSI states requirements.

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Featured Research

Field Engineering

Cleaning Drones Above 200 Feet

FAA altitude rules, the 55-pound Part 107 boundary, hose load, tie-offs, and what must be proven before a cleaning drone works above 200 feet.

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Industry History

History of the Pressure-Washing Drone

The pressure-washing drone story runs from Apellix's 2014 patent filings to Lucid's Y Combinator and venture-funded route, then ABZ and a wider field.

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Company Background