A fly-by-wire system comprising: an electromechanical actuator comprising a plurality of electromechanical motors , each one the plurality of electromechanical motors having a processing unit configured and operable to: exchange operating status information with other ones of the plurality of electromechanical motors; and automatically configure itself for optimal mode of operation based on the received operating status information of at least one of the other ones of the plurality of electromechanical motors; and a flight control computer operatively connected to each one of the plurality of electromechanical motors of the electromechanical actuator ; the fly-by-wire system characterised in that the optimal mode is selected based on control logic processed by the respective processing units of the electromechanical motors and the flight control computer from at least one inactive mode and three active modes, the three active modes include at least a Slave mode and a Master mode, the optimal mode is the Master mode when the electromechanical motor determines that no other electromechanical motor of the plurality of electromechanical motors is operating in the Master mode per rules of the control logic, the electromechanical motor being configured to ignore the flight control computer to not transition into another mode instead of the optimal mode, when operating in the Master mode, the electromechanical motor is configured to control and manage the other electromechanical motors of the plurality of electromechanical motors, and when operating in the Slave mode, the electromechanical motor is configured to allow itself to be controlled or managed by another electromechanical motor of the plurality of electromechanical motors that is operating in Master mode. an electromechanical actuator comprising a plurality of electromechanical motors , each one the plurality of electromechanical motors having a processing unit configured and operable to: exchange operating status information with other ones of the plurality of electromechanical motors; and automatically configure itself for optimal mode of operation based on the received operating status information of at least one of the other ones of the plurality of electromechanical motors; and exchange operating status information with other ones of the plurality of electromechanical motors; and automatically configure itself for optimal mode of operation based on the received operating status information of at least one of the other ones of the plurality of electromechanical motors; and a flight control computer operatively connected to each one of the plurality of electromechanical motors of the electromechanical actuator ; the fly-by-wire system characterised in that the optimal mode is selected based on control logic processed by the respective processing units of the electromechanical motors and the flight control computer from at least one inactive mode and three active modes, the three active modes include at least a Slave mode and a Master mode, the optimal mode is the Master mode when the electromechanical motor determines that no other electromechanical motor of the plurality of electromechanical motors is operating in the Master mode per rules of the control logic, the electromechanical motor being configured to ignore the flight control computer to not transition into another mode instead of the optimal mode, when operating in the Master mode, the electromechanical motor is configured to control and manage the other electromechanical motors of the plurality of electromechanical motors, and when operating in the Slave mode, the electromechanical motor is configured to allow itself to be controlled or managed by another electromechanical motor of the plurality of electromechanical motors that is operating in Master mode. <EOS>