It might be worth a go I guess.
Autofocus is not required for this. It’s always going to be fixed focus once setup.
If you want to know what the project is about it’s described here: https://www.buzzcopper.org
I believe you have a few Asian Hornet incursions over in the USA but it’s probably not such a threat to you guys as it is in the UK and it is an every day nightmare in most of Northern Europe now.