Moving to an electric ducted fan instead of an internal combustion engine with a variable pitch propeller definitely simplifies things, though replacing that ICE and prop with 36 ducted fans mounted to elevons seems like you're just swapping one set of complexities for a different set, though gaining complexity through redundancy isn't really the worst thing.
My biggest concern with this system is what kind of glide ratio this has in a power loss scenario.
My biggest concern with this system is what kind of glide ratio this has in a power loss scenario.