Device for the control and regulation of n actuators A n, n = 1, 2,..., N, where N ≥ 1, which actuators drive aerodynamic control surfaces of an aircraft, comprising: - a first interface, at which instructions SV Pilot for the control of the actuators A n are generated, and are provided by the manual input of a pilot into an input means, and/or a second interface at which instructions SV AutoPilot for the control of the actuators A n are generated, and are provided by an automatic flight control system of the aircraft, - a unit, which, on the basis of the instructions SV Pilot and/or SV AutoPilot, determines for each actuator A n a command variable F An,soll and/or F An,soll for the control of the actuator A n, wherein the command variable F An,soll specifies a setpoint force or a setpoint moment, - for each actuator A n, a force/moment regulator REG n for the control of the actuator A n based on the associated command variable and/or Ḟ An,soll and a force/moment F An generated by the actuator A n as a regulating variable, which is determined by a sensor device S1 n, which is in each case present on or in the actuator A n, or in the drive train of the respective actuator A n, and - for each actuator A n, a sensor device S2 n, which determines a current position POS An of the actuator A n, or a current position of the control surface associated with the actuator A n, and supplies it to the force/moment regulator REG n, wherein - the force/moment regulators REG n control the actuators A n in such a way that the positions POS An are limited to an interval I1 Au:= [Min(POS An), Max(POS An)] defined by prescribed interval limits Min(POS An), Max(POS An)], where: Min (POS An) ≤ POS An ≤ Max(POS An), wherein the prescribed intervals I1 Au each lie in an interval I2 An [Min mech (POS An), Max mech (POS An)] whose interval limit values: Min mech An, Max mech (POS An) respectively indicate positions at which a movement of the respective actuator A n, or of the respectively associated control surface, is mechanically limited, characterised in that - a function F(POS An) is defined over the interval I1 An, whose magnitude |F(Pos An)| is non-negligible only in the region of the interval limits Min An, Max(POS An), wherein the function F(POS An) is chosen such that the following applies: |F(Min(POS An))| = |F An,soll | and |F(Max(POS An))| = |F An,soll |, and in that a regulating variable F * An is fed back to the force/moment regulator REG n, for which variable the following applies: F * An = F An -F(POS An). - a first interface, at which instructions SV Pilot for the control of the actuators A n are generated, and are provided by the manual input of a pilot into an input means, and/or a second interface at which instructions SV AutoPilot for the control of the actuators A n are generated, and are provided by an automatic flight control system of the aircraft, - a unit, which, on the basis of the instructions SV Pilot and/or SV AutoPilot, determines for each actuator A n a command variable F An,soll and/or F An,soll for the control of the actuator A n, wherein the command variable F An,soll specifies a setpoint force or a setpoint moment, - for each actuator A n, a force/moment regulator REG n for the control of the actuator A n based on the associated command variable and/or Ḟ An,soll and a force/moment F An generated by the actuator A n as a regulating variable, which is determined by a sensor device S1 n, which is in each case present on or in the actuator A n, or in the drive train of the respective actuator A n, and - for each actuator A n, a sensor device S2 n, which determines a current position POS An of the actuator A n, or a current position of the control surface associated with the actuator A n, and supplies it to the force/moment regulator REG n, wherein - the force/moment regulators REG n control the actuators A n in such a way that the positions POS An are limited to an interval I1 Au:= [Min(POS An), Max(POS An)] defined by prescribed interval limits Min(POS An), Max(POS An)], where: Min (POS An) ≤ POS An ≤ Max(POS An), wherein the prescribed intervals I1 Au each lie in an interval I2 An [Min mech (POS An), Max mech (POS An)] whose interval limit values: Min mech An, Max mech (POS An) respectively indicate positions at which a movement of the respective actuator A n, or of the respectively associated control surface, is mechanically limited, characterised in that - a function F(POS An) is defined over the interval I1 An, whose magnitude |F(Pos An)| is non-negligible only in the region of the interval limits Min An, Max(POS An), wherein the function F(POS An) is chosen such that the following applies: |F(Min(POS An))| = |F An,soll | and |F(Max(POS An))| = |F An,soll |, and in that a regulating variable F * An is fed back to the force/moment regulator REG n, for which variable the following applies: F * An = F An -F(POS An).