should be noted that the primary and backup control systems may be configured independent and dissimilar as shown in fig1 however it would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that other configurations of the primary and backup control systems could be implemented with the present invention it should be understood that both primary and backup control systems may include sensors associated with each input control such as a rudder pedals or control stick for example additionally the control systems may receive inputs from the many different types of sensors used in flight control system including sensing multiple axes on a given control instrument such as sensing for pitch roll and perhaps yaw if necessary on a control stick although only one sensor is schematically shown in the figures for simplicity it should be understood that the and backup control systems may be configured to receive many input signals from sensors controls and other devices fig2 schematically shows an example of a flight control system 200 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention fig2 illustrates a centralized primary control system with redundant primary processors 101 often called flight control computers u201c fcc u201d the primary processors 101 may receive inputs or sensor signals from the pilot smart cockpit controller or active control stick 110 and the copilot smart cockpit controller 111 the pilot active control stick 110 may include a control stick 114 a primary sensor 140 a backup sensor 142.