Control laws for pedal-to-roll coupling

A system for controlling an operation of an aircraft, the system comprising:

• a processing unit;
• and
• a non-transitory memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for:
• receiving a yaw command from a pilot of the aircraft;
• calculating, based on the yaw command, a first roll motion induced by a yaw motion of the aircraft associated with the yaw command;
• generating a first roll-countering command to counter the calculated first roll motion;
• generating, based on the yaw command, a roll-causing command to cause a second roll motion of the aircraft expected from the yaw motion of the aircraft associated with the yaw command;
• controlling the aircraft to cause the yaw motion of the aircraft based on the yaw command, the yaw motion of the aircraft inducing the first roll motion of the aircraft;
• when the aircraft is controlled to cause the yaw motion of the aircraft based on the yaw command:
• controlling the aircraft to counter the first roll motion of the aircraft induced by the yaw motion based on the first roll-countering command;
• controlling the aircraft to cause the second roll motion of the aircraft based on the roll-causing command;
• receiving a second roll-countering command from the pilot to counter the second roll motion of the aircraft;
• and
• controlling the aircraft to counter the second roll motion of the aircraft based on the second roll-countering command received from the pilot.