Flyby Shine Presents: A Drone Cleaning Show

Safety, drone cleaning, facility management, commercial exterior cleaning and risk reduction are at the center of this Season 2 opener of Flyby Shine Presents: A Drone Cleaning Show. In this episode, Ric McCluskey and co-host Jarod Dillon unpack a sales point that is easy to miss: safety is not just an operational feature. It is one of the strongest ways to explain the value of drone-powered exter...

In this episode of Flyby Shine Presents: A Drone Cleaning Show, Ric McCluskey looks at how AI could change drone cleaning operations in practical ways, not just in theory. The conversation focuses on where AI may actually help commercial drone operators: inspections, planning, estimating, documentation, workflow automation and faster jobsite decisions. Ric also breaks down where operator judgment...

In this episode of Flyby Shine Presents: A Drone Cleaning Show, Ric McCluskey looks at what tighter FAA scrutiny could mean for drone cleaning operators and why jobsite control and redundancy matter before enforcement ever becomes a problem. This conversation covers airspace discipline, documentation, inspection-ready workflows, backup systems and the difference between professional operations and...

Hosted by Ric McCluskey, founder of Flyby Shine, with co-host Jarod Dillon, this episode breaks down the real tools and gear we use to maintain our systems, reduce downtime and shorten work stoppages in commercial drone cleaning. Most jobs do not shut down because of the drone itself. They shut down because of small gear failures. We cover the equipment decisions that keep professional operations...

In this episode of Flyby Shine Presents: A Drone Cleaning Show, Ric McCluskey and co-host Jarod Dillon break down drone window cleaning the way it actually works in the field. Most people think window cleaning is just pure water and a steady flight. The truth is the outcome is decided before you ever take off. We walk through pre-job stain identification, why coastal salt haze is not the same as h...

In this episode of Flyby Shine Presents: A Drone Cleaning Show, Ric McCluskey introduces co-host Jarod Dillon and breaks down a practical safety issue every drone cleaning operator needs to understand: documentation before the job starts. Ric and Jarod talk through SDS files, visual records, video footage, caution tape, hazard communication and jobsite control. The conversation focuses on how stro...

In this episode of Flyby Shine Presents: A Drone Cleaning Show, Ric McCluskey takes listeners behind the scenes of a commercial cleaning job at Alcorn State University involving Lucid Bots, Prosoco and Lucid's new power tether system. This episode breaks down what it meant to be the first company to fly the power tether on a real commercial site, how the setup affected runtime, safety and efficien...

In this first episode of Flyby Shine Presents: A Drone Cleaning Show, Ric McCluskey lays out the core reality behind commercial exterior cleaning risk and why drone-powered cleaning changes the equation. Most injuries in exterior maintenance do not happen during rare emergencies. They happen during routine work that crews and property owners have normalized over time. This episode explains where t...