Interesting but very loud, inefficient and a little issue of drag!! Maybe they should speak to www.vtoldynamics.com as they seem to have a much simpler solution with more flexibility...

I think it has potential. I think it could also be a commercial cargo craft where one could fly it to a remote area and drive it to the location where it would be unloaded. It make getting the cargo there faster since one would not have to unload it to truck to deliver it to the destination.
Perhaps to silence the noise (or at least muffle it) would be to add mufflers to the engines?

Oh yes you could, but it would still be eight engines screaming away and the nacelles needed to muffle that would be more weight and less cargo. I also wonder what its thermal signature would be with eight engines and exhausts. Anyhow, if the platform is VTOL, the need for wheels is greatly diminished so hence i feel the VTOL Dynamics option of hybrid electric and smaller footprint with greater forward flight speed is a better solution....Hey, its just my take on it.

@Kestrela - I looked at the www.vtoldynamics.com site. It's still a bluesky project without a prototype and not a "roadable" vehicle. So it is not an apple/apple comparison.
Now taking the www.vtoldynamics.com system as what it is, a pure aircraft that is VTOL capable, it looks like it will be very usefull. That is of course if it ever makes it off the design table and into the real world.

VirtualGathis - Yes it looks interesting, but they have flown a scale POC thats about 1.5m x1.5m and the site shows it flying so it may not be as "Bluesky" as we think, anyhow...I digress...ha ha

" Maybe they should speak to www.vtoldynamics.com as they seem to have a much simpler solution with more flexibility..."
Bit short on wheels...

Keith Reeder - If its VTOL are wheels needed?

A sling load casualty carrier would appear more practical.

Keith Reeder - As i said, if its VTOL, if it was quieter, stealthier and less bulky, Why would it need wheels?

because it would not be roadable without wheels.