Patent ID: 7815143

Claim:
A method of reducing noise generated by an aircraft landing gear during landing, the method comprising: positioning the aircraft landing gear to a lowered position during an air-borne landing maneuver, the landing gear comprising a multi-axle truck, said multi-axle truck oriented in a toes up or toes down position during said positioning; orienting the multi-axle truck to an angle of orientation while in said lowered, position such that a plane through axles of the truck is substantially parallel to deviate less than about 5 degrees with respect to a waterline of the aircraft, said orienting according a hydraulic pressure control system; and maintaining the angle of orientation in said lowered position of the multi-axle truck during said air-borne landing maneuver including an approach to landing; and, reorienting the multi-axle truck from said angle of orientation in said lowered position to a toes up position, said reorienting initiated upon determining that said aircraft is below a predetermined altitude value prior to touchdown.