Patent ID: 7967247

Claim:
A method for driving an aircraft during run over ground, said aircraft including a steerable nose gear and a rudder disposed at a rear of said aircraft, the method comprising: controlling yaw in said aircraft using a rudder bar at a disposal of a pilot of the aircraft, configured to address a combined control command to said steerable nose gear and to said rudder; equipping at least two undercarriage legs with brakes, the at least two undercarriage legs symmetric with one another with respect to a longitudinal vertical mid-plane of the aircraft; and producing a braking command to control the wheel brakes of a corresponding one of the at least two undercarriage legs using two braking control members which are at the disposal of said pilot, respectively, associated with said corresponding one of the at least two undercarriage legs, wherein: a difference between said braking commands is formed; said difference in the braking commands is transformed into an additional control command for said rudder and for said steerable nose gear; and said additional control command is applied to said rudder and to said steerable nose gear, on the dual condition that: said difference in the braking commands is greater than a first threshold; and said combined control command addressed by said rudder bar to said rudder and to said steerable nose gear is less than a second threshold, and wherein: a maximum travel of each of said braking members lies between a neutral position and a maximum braking position, wherein said first threshold corresponds to a fraction of said maximum travel lying between one third and two-thirds.