System and method for flight control of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a flight controller of an electric aircraft from a pilot control, a pilot instruction;
• determining, at the flight controller, a minimum safe speed for the electric aircraft;
• determining, at the flight controller, based least in part on the pilot instruction and the minimum safe speed, a flight parameter;
• and
• controlling, by the flight controller, based least in part on the flight parameter and a transition phase of flight, a flight component of the electric aircraft, the transition phase of flight comprising a transition between a hover state and a fixed-wing flight state of the electric aircraft.

An electric aircraft, comprising:

• a flight component;
• a pilot control;
• and
• a flight controller communicatively connected to the pilot control and the flight component, the flight controller configured to:
• receive a pilot instruction from the pilot control;
• determine a minimum safe speed for the electric aircraft;
• determine, based least in part on the pilot instruction and the minimum safe speed, a flight parameter;
• and
• control the flight component based least in part on the flight parameter and a transition phase of flight, the transition phase of flight comprising a transition between a hover state and a fixed-wing flight state of the electric aircraft.