Las Vegas is one of the sunniest metros in America, and the rooftops show it — warehouse arrays in North Las Vegas, school and municipal solar, and panels on half the new roofs in the valley. A drone inspects all of it in a fraction of the time, and thermal imaging finds the failures the eye can't. We flew a full distribution-center rooftop array here in November 2025.
FAA Part 107 Certified · Fully Insured · LAANC Authorized · 5.0★ from 271 Google reviews
Desert Drones provides FAA Part 107–certified drone solar panel inspections across the Las Vegas valley — visual and radiometric thermal imaging of rooftop and ground-mount arrays, cell and string-level fault detection, soiling and shading assessment, and commissioning or warranty documentation. In November 2025 we surveyed the rooftop array on a national manufacturer's North Las Vegas distribution center — panel-by-panel imaging of a commercial installation, delivered to the client's facilities team.
Visual finds the physical problems; thermal finds the electrical ones. A proper inspection flies both.
Findings mapped to the array, not a folder of raw frames.
Real arrays, not stock — including a full commercial rooftop survey in North Las Vegas in November 2025.
Our November 2025 North Las Vegas survey — a national manufacturer's full distribution-center rooftop array, imaged panel by panel with the Strip on the horizon.
NORTH LV · NOV 2025
Warehouse, school, and municipal arrays — flown on a schedule so the O&M team sees degradation before the production report does.
COMMERCIAL · SOLAR
Post-install verification, storm checks, and pre-purchase inspections for the valley's tens of thousands of rooftop systems.
RESIDENTIALThe North Las Vegas survey above was flown by our licensed pilots under LAANC authorization. We describe clients by type rather than name — your inspection report stays your business.
From scope to mapped findings in days, not weeks.
Send the layout or address and system size. We plan the grid, resolution, and the irradiance window the thermal pass needs.
Visual + radiometric thermal passes over every panel — midday sun for thermal contrast, LAANC pulled for controlled airspace.
Anomalies classified (cell, string, diode, soiling, physical), mapped to the array plan, severity-ranked.
Report and imagery by shared link — ready for the O&M crew, the installer, or the warranty claim.
One of the best solar markets in the country deserves inspection that keeps up.
300+ days of sun means fast payback and fast degradation — UV, heat cycling, and monsoon dust all show up in the imagery.
North Las Vegas logistics roofs carry arrays too big to walk. A drone covers them in an afternoon, panel by panel.
Desert dust is a measurable production tax. Imaging quantifies it, so wash schedules are driven by data.
Much of the valley's industrial rooftop solar sits under Class B or near Nellis — we pull LAANC before every flight.
A solar array is a power plant — inspecting one takes a licensed pilot, a radiometric sensor, and reporting an O&M team can act on.
Solar clients often add these — same pilots, same visit when it makes sense.
Hot cells, failed strings, bypass-diode faults, cracked glass, delamination, soiling, and shading — thermal finds the electrical issues, visual finds the physical ones.
Yes — in November 2025 we surveyed a full distribution-center rooftop array in North Las Vegas for a national manufacturer's facilities team.
Most commercial rooftops fly in one visit; a residential system takes under an hour on site. Reports follow within days.
Midday under high irradiance — that's when electrical faults show maximum thermal contrast. It's the opposite window from roof-moisture scans.
No — thermal diagnostics work on an energized, producing array. That's the point: find faults without losing production.
FAA Part 107 certified and insured with $2M liability coverage, with LAANC authorization for the valley's controlled airspace.
Rated 5.0★ from 271 verified Google reviews across our locations.
John and team are the consummate professionals! Very reliable, quick, and high quality deliverables!
Professional, efficient, and easy to work with. The team delivered clean, high-quality aerials and communicated clearly throughout the project.
Needed work done quickly for drone photography. They responded quickly, knew exactly what was required, and explained it well — great customer service.
John was a professional and very knowledgeable. He made the process of getting drone footage seamless and did an exceptional job.
Absolutely amazing experience with Desert Drones. They did a shoot for my business and made my product really speak for itself!
John is a true professional. Every time we need drone photography or videography done, he is excited to take on the project.
Send the address and system size — we'll scope the flight and get your team panel-level findings within days.
