Vertical take-off and landing aircraft

A multicopter vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft comprising:

• an airframe implemented with a spatial design,
• a distributed control system,
• the airframe including a central section and at least two peripheral sections,
• the central section and the at least two peripheral sections being implemented with the spatial design,
• each of the at least two peripheral sections including at least three interconnected standard engine compartments,
• each engine compartment housing an engine unit, the engine unit including at least one engine, at least one horizontally rotatable propeller, and a control hardware having been installed within the respective engine compartment;
• the control hardware comprising at least:
• an individual power supply source for powering on the at least one engine;
• an individual engine controller with an autopilot module, implemented as part of the distributed control system, configured to control the at least one engine of the respective engine compartment.