Active and adaptive systems and methods to prevent loss of control
incidents by providing tactile feedback to a vehicle operator are
disclosed. According to the present invention, an operator gives a
control input to an inceptor. An inceptor sensor measures an inceptor
input value of the control input. The inceptor input is used as an input
to a Steady-State Inceptor Input/Effector Output Model that models the
vehicle control system design. A desired effector output from the
inceptor input is generated from the model. The desired effector output
is compared to an actual effector output to get a distortion metric. A
feedback force is generated as a function of the distortion metric. The
feedback force is used as an input to a feedback force generator which
generates a loss of control inhibitor system (LOCIS) force back to the
inceptor. The LOCIS force is felt by the operator through the inceptor.