Well Teach, he's on to you now!
I too have aspirations to create an aesthetically pleasing shell that could be attached to the frame of my
SB V-Tail. However, with all the other ideas burning in my brain, who knows if this one will ever see the light of day...
On the subject of the "electronic brain", my favorite acro-quad is equipped with the
i86L flight controller, which only uses rate gyros, much like a traditional heli tail, or a flybarless set-up. It does not have accelerometers, or any other devise that would supersede my inputs. Additionally, I always disable "Self Leveling" on all my multirotors if it is an option, simply because I like to be the one in control (CTRL Freq), not the machine.
With that said, I can see how this Hummingbird would be considered an "abomination", in respect to it's inability to fly, without extremely advanced stabilization software.