Airbus aircraft like the A320 are kind of like this. Roll and pitch is entirely fly-by-wire, and as I understand it, the basic scheme is that the sidestick posi

Airbus aircraft like the A320 are kind of like this. Roll and pitch is entirely fly-by-wire, and as I understand it, the basic scheme is that the sidestick position is taken as a desired rate of change and the avionics compute how to achieve that change using the control surfaces. This is somewhat necessary as a change in roll attitude is done using some or all of the slats, ailerons, and spoilers depending on the speed, pitch, etc. A cool consequence of this is that in the normal flight mode, pulling the sidestick full aft and keeping it there will result in maintaining best angle of climb. Under normal circumstances it is not possible to stall because the avionics will not allow control pressures that will leave the safe flight envelope. Changing the flaps, or more properly the configuration lever, not only adjusts flaps but also changes control parameters to modify the flight envelope for safer operation near the ground. The thing I found funny when reading into that is that, for all that effort for roll and pitch, the rudder is just hydraulic. I suppose there's just not that many ways you can fancy up yaw control.