I didn't say there was any chance of him succeeding or even getting something up in the air, irrespective of the level of autonomy. All I was saying was that people (exept for you flybaby) aren't grounding him and showing him what is possible, and subsequently how to go about it, albeit on a smaller scale. It is one thing to explain the limitations, and another to be entirely negative. I dont know this guy from a bar of soap, but ask a schoolteacher from some little hobo villiage if he evr thought he would end up an astronaut and he/she will say only in dreams. Look up the NASA astronaut bio's and you will see a large number doing what 5 billion others only dream of. I never thought I'd study MAVs in $30,000/day wind tunnels either, especially after putting off a half- built model for 20 years and two international relocations.
Some who does understand what he is after should mentor him a little.