An aircraft having motors operable to actuate an aircraft windshield wiper and an aircraft control surface including at least one elevator, rudder and aileron, comprising a distributed control system having a digital storage and integrated with redundant processors; and the digital storage is configured to store controller instructions operable upon execution to operate a control surface motor of the elevator motor, rudder motor, and aileron motor to actuate the control surface to impact an orientation of the aircraft, and operate a windshield wiper motor of the motors to actuate the windshield wipers; characterized in that: the distributed control system comprises controller blades implemented as cards, each of the cards being operably connected with a corresponding one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor and operable to receive motor control directives for the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor and to send control signals to the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor, and each of the motor controller blades comprises an inverter to receive the control signals and to output direct drive signals to the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor. a distributed control system having a digital storage and integrated with redundant processors; and the digital storage is configured to store controller instructions operable upon execution to operate a control surface motor of the elevator motor, rudder motor, and aileron motor to actuate the control surface to impact an orientation of the aircraft, and operate a windshield wiper motor of the motors to actuate the windshield wipers; characterized in that: the distributed control system comprises controller blades implemented as cards, each of the cards being operably connected with a corresponding one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor and operable to receive motor control directives for the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor and to send control signals to the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor, and each of the motor controller blades comprises an inverter to receive the control signals and to output direct drive signals to the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor. operate a control surface motor of the elevator motor, rudder motor, and aileron motor to actuate the control surface to impact an orientation of the aircraft, and operate a windshield wiper motor of the motors to actuate the windshield wipers; characterized in that: the distributed control system comprises controller blades implemented as cards, each of the cards being operably connected with a corresponding one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor and operable to receive motor control directives for the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor and to send control signals to the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor, and each of the motor controller blades comprises an inverter to receive the control signals and to output direct drive signals to the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor. the distributed control system comprises controller blades implemented as cards, each of the cards being operably connected with a corresponding one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor and operable to receive motor control directives for the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor and to send control signals to the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor, and each of the motor controller blades comprises an inverter to receive the control signals and to output direct drive signals to the associated one of the windshield wiper motor, the elevator motor, the rudder motor and the aileron motor.