Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IVA-CALABARZON
Division of Quezon

LOPEZ NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL

HOPE Drone: Hope for Our People in Emergencies

Zyjian Franz F. Marquez

RESEARCHER
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Department of Education
Region IVA-CALABARZON
Division of Quezon

LOPEZ NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL

CHAPTER I
A. Topic
Introduction
Emergency responders struggle for their own safety while rescuing casualties in
disasters. Because of this issue, responders take a while to respond or dispatch a unit to an
emergency due to the concerns for their own safety. Usually, responders would deploy
surveillance drones. However, surveillance drones struggle with its endurance and energy
efficiency. For that reason, the researcher has conducted a study on improving mobilization
speed of aerial drones with a tiltrotor engine design.

Statement of the Problem

This research aims to answer the following questions about the HOPE Drone:

1. Will HOPE Drone reduce risks of human responders while providing aid to emergency
situations?

2. Will HOPE Drone have the ability to perform a smooth and stable flight to reach
emergency situations?

3. Will HOPE Drone have the ability to perform low and high-speed flights?

Hypotheses
Alternative Hypothesis (Ha): HOPE Drone will reduce risks of human responders providing
aid to emergency situations.

Null Hypothesis (Ho): HOPE Drone will not reduce risks of human responders providing aid
to emergency situations.

Alternative Hypothesis (Ha): HOPE Drone will be able to perform stable flights.
Null Hypothesis (Ho): HOPE Drone will not be able to perform stable flights.
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Alternative Hypothesis (Ha): HOPE Drone will have the ability to perform high and low
speed flights.
Null Hypothesis (Ho): HOPE Drone will not have the ability to perform high and low speed
flights.

Objectives
This research aims to improve the mobilization and effectiveness in providing aid of
Unmanned Aerial Drones (UAV) in emergency situations such as natural disasters. The
development of the HOPE Drone is to implement Vertical-Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) on
UAV designed to perform search and rescue. The HOPE Drone has the primary goal of
increasing efficiency of UAV mobilizations in emergency situations while maintaining its
light weight.

Scope and limitations

This study has the intention of developing a new drone designed to fly in emergency
situations that may endanger a person's life. Although the HOPE Drone will have the ability
to traverse the skies, it will not have the ability to go underwater and under heavy rain due to
its light weight.

CHAPTER II

B. Review of Related Literature

Arduino

It is a struggle for new programmers to learn a new coding language for robotics
projects. The Arduino microcontroller is one of the most reliable microcontrollers
(Rafiquzzaman, 2011). By using Arduino microcontrollers, it would massively affect the steep
learning curves of programming as it is one of the simplest yet beneficiary way of programming
many projects. Arduino has created an intuitive way for people to learn programming as a
hobby for young students and amateur programmers.
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Tiltrotor Drones

Using Tiltrotor engines for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has a superb effect on its
flight performance. Tiltrotors combine fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft’s ability. With its
characteristics, Tiltrotors has the ability to perform longer flights and higher maximum speeds
than multi-engine drones (Ciopcia, et al. 2017). Tiltrotor UAVs has the ability to perform
vertical-takeoff and landing (VTOL), in which it has the ability to take off and land vertically
safely at almost any area that has enough space for its size.

Quadcopter Drones

Quadcopter drones are the most common type of design for drones. It usually flies with
two clockwise rotating and two counterclockwise rotating propellers on its sides Stafford
(2014). A quadcopter drone is generally do not have the capability of sustaining long duration
flights. With its four propellers, it can perform vertical-takeoff and landing (VTOL) at almost
any place.

CHAPTER III

C. Methodology

Research Design

This study will be using Experimental Research Design. Due to its expected outcome,
the researcher may experience trial and error while conducting the study.

Data analysis and Methods

For this study the researcher will conduct quantitative data analysis, tests shall be
conducted to find the proper measurements. The tests will be performed to find the correct
measurements for
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Respondents

The respondents for this research would be the emergency responders. It would help
the researcher accomplish the study by conducting surveys and questionnaires about the search
and rescue methods performed by responders.

Materials and Methods

For this research, the materials to be used are; Arduino Uno microcontroller, various
wires, multiple sensors, motors, propeller blades and foam for the airframe. The researcher will
gather information from various trusted websites for the sketches used for Arduino
programming and surveys to emergency responders about the conventional procedures of
performing search and rescue missions.

Discussion of Expected Outcomes

It is anticipated that the HOPE Drone will pioneer the technology of Vertical-Takeoff
and Landing (VTOL) on unmanned aerial drones designed to perform reconnaissance missions
in emergency situations. It is also expected to reduce the number of further casualties while
conducting search and rescue operations in our municipality.
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D. Bibliography

Reference List:
Ciopcia, M., Szczepański, C. (2017) Concept of tiltrotor UAV control system
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/247022#:~:text=Tiltrotors%20are%20hybrid%20sol
utions%20%E2%80%93%20they,range%20in%20comparison%20with%20multirotor
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Rafiquzzaman, M. (2011) Microcontroller Theory and Applications with the PIC18F.
https://www.scribd.com/document/429152949/Review-of-related-literature-and-
studies
Stafford, J. (2014). How a Quadcopter works | Clay Allen
http://ffden2.phys.uaf.edu/webproj/212_spring_2014/Clay_Allen/clay_allen/works.ht
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