Unless I’m mistaken this design represents a combination of two kinds of kite networks from @Rodread .
Stacked rotor networks ensure power generation, while top lifter kite network ensure lift.
Stacked rotors are a proven technology.
And this lifter kite network seems to be a suitable concept because each kite has some level of autonomy, being tied by the basis of the bridle (only one attach point) and not by the periphery (with several attach points), in a similar way as this proven lifter kite network from Ed Sapir:
Note from Dave Santos: “Pierre, that is me in the photo, who rigged and flew this. Ed Sapir is my student and friend, who did other fine solo projects, like MiniMothra.”
On the other hand, the sails of “Advanced Kite Network” are arranged on the same plane as the net, each sail being integrated into each mesh of said net. Even if each unit can tilt, this does not prevent said units from exerting traction on neighboring units because of their multiple attachments to the periphery. The multiple anchors probably won’t be enough for the cohesion of the whole, at least because of the force of the wind in only one direction at the same time. The result is that such a configuration has never been seen flying and it is unlikely that it will happen.
I myself tried to fly several static soft kites attached to their respective peripheries: they did not fly at all, due to interference deflating them. And things were worse with power kites, except in the configuration of two inverted power kites forming a rotor.
As has been discussed in this topic, the conversion system is not convincing. Of course we talked about Payne’s patent US3987987 figure 5: but there are only two anchors (which also require a whole circular orientation device making the whole thing complex and expensive). But things are unlikely with six anchors:
An interesting analysis was formulated: