Endurance seems, to me, to be the big problem. With the much bigger power demand with a vertical landing and take off, a go-around would see to be a real deal breaker for certification. As for the machine(s) as extreme STOL, that seems to totally destroy the entire concept of their potential use as some sort of city air taxi. How did the New York rooftop helicopter flights turn out? Probably a good reference. I suspect their business case with the huge number of passengers is a bit off the mark....
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