Dynamic flight envelope protection and degraded flight state operations in a vehicle control and interface system

An aerial vehicle control and interface system comprising:

• a universal vehicle control interface for an aerial vehicle, the universal vehicle control interface configured to:
• display a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising one or more aerial vehicle graphical flight instrument indicators, each indicator corresponding to an axis of movement of the aerial vehicle and displaying a range of allowable values for the axis of movement;
• and
• receive a user interaction corresponding to an instruction to modify navigation of the aerial vehicle to a value above a maximum allowable value or below a minimum allowable value of an axis of movement;
• and
• a universal avionics control router configured to:
• determine a hierarchical order of degradation of one or more additional axes of movement based on the instruction;
• transmit one or more actuator commands to one or more actuators of the aerial vehicle based on the instruction and the determined hierarchical order of degradation;
• and
• generate a status indicator for display at the GUI indicating that the aerial vehicle is operating in a degraded state.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor of an aerial vehicle control and interface system cause the aerial vehicle control and interface system to:

• during operation of an aerial vehicle at an airspeed below a threshold value, detect a failure of at least one sensor of the aerial vehicle for at least a threshold duration;
• automatically determine a hover trim position of a mechanical controller of the aerial vehicle;
• receive input to modify navigation of the aerial vehicle from an operator of the aerial vehicle via the mechanical controller;
• transmit one or more actuator commands to one or more actuators of the aerial vehicle based on the received input;
• and
• update a graphical user interface (GUI) of the aerial vehicle to display an indication that the aerial vehicle is operating in a degraded state.