An electromechanical decoupler for separating a pilot of an aircraft from excessive inertia forces translated back from the actuator to the manual controls of the aircraft, the decoupler comprising: a housing, the housing enclosing an interior volume of the housing; a shaft extending through the interior volume, the shaft having a center axis of rotation that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the housing, the shaft being rotatable around the center axis relative to the housing; a decoupler plate in the interior volume, the decoupler plate being connected to the shaft for rotation of the decoupler plate with rotation of the shaft, the decoupler plate being moveable on the shaft in a first axial direction to a first position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing and in an opposite second axial direction to a second position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing, the decoupler plate having a plurality of plate projections on the decoupler plate, the plurality of plate projections extending radially outward from the decoupler plate; a biasing device in the interior volume, the biasing device being operable to exert a biasing force on the decoupler plate, the biasing force urging the decoupler plate to move in the second axial direction to the second position of the decoupler plate; a plurality of housing projections in the interior volume, the plurality of housing projections being connected to the housing, the plurality of housing projections extending radially inward, the plurality of housing projections being configured to engage with the plurality of plate projections when the decoupler plate is in the first position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing, the plurality of housing projections engaging with the plurality of plate projections connecting the housing to the decoupler plate for rotation of the housing together with the decoupler plate around the center axis and the plurality of housing projections disengaging from the plate projections when the decoupler plate is in the second position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing enabling the housing and the decoupler plate to rotate independently around the center axis; and, an electromagnet in the interior volume, the electromagnet being operable to create a magnetic field when the electromagnet is activated, the magnetic field pulling the decoupler plate in the first axial direction against the biasing force to the first position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing, and the electromagnet being operable to extinguish the magnetic field when the electromagnet is deactivated allowing the biasing device to push the decoupler plate in the second axial direction to the second position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing and causing the housing projections to disengage from the plate projections. a housing, the housing enclosing an interior volume of the housing; a shaft extending through the interior volume, the shaft having a center axis of rotation that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the housing, the shaft being rotatable around the center axis relative to the housing; a decoupler plate in the interior volume, the decoupler plate being connected to the shaft for rotation of the decoupler plate with rotation of the shaft, the decoupler plate being moveable on the shaft in a first axial direction to a first position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing and in an opposite second axial direction to a second position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing, the decoupler plate having a plurality of plate projections on the decoupler plate, the plurality of plate projections extending radially outward from the decoupler plate; a biasing device in the interior volume, the biasing device being operable to exert a biasing force on the decoupler plate, the biasing force urging the decoupler plate to move in the second axial direction to the second position of the decoupler plate; a plurality of housing projections in the interior volume, the plurality of housing projections being connected to the housing, the plurality of housing projections extending radially inward, the plurality of housing projections being configured to engage with the plurality of plate projections when the decoupler plate is in the first position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing, the plurality of housing projections engaging with the plurality of plate projections connecting the housing to the decoupler plate for rotation of the housing together with the decoupler plate around the center axis and the plurality of housing projections disengaging from the plate projections when the decoupler plate is in the second position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing enabling the housing and the decoupler plate to rotate independently around the center axis; and, an electromagnet in the interior volume, the electromagnet being operable to create a magnetic field when the electromagnet is activated, the magnetic field pulling the decoupler plate in the first axial direction against the biasing force to the first position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing, and the electromagnet being operable to extinguish the magnetic field when the electromagnet is deactivated allowing the biasing device to push the decoupler plate in the second axial direction to the second position of the decoupler plate relative to the housing and causing the housing projections to disengage from the plate projections.