Jester, I did bring up the piloting experience issue under #4 back in post 2. It was also why I disagreed with Speed over looking at a more advance and aerobatic trainer. The questions are very simple at this point:
1) Does he want to build the plane to learn how to just build one?
2) Does he want to build the plane to learn how so he can also learn how to fly it?
He has said nothing about learning to fly, but does want to learn how to build. That has been the basis of my posts so far so, until he tells me otherwise, that's the path I'm taking