Patent ID: 8459590

Claim:
A method of increasing a ride height of an aircraft while taxiing on the ground after landing, said aircraft being supported by one nose gear and two main landing gear, said two main landing gear having extendible struts containing a hydraulic fluid and a quantity of gas, said aircraft including a reservoir with the hydraulic fluid, and pumps connected to the reservoir for pumping the hydraulic fluid from the reservoir into the extendible struts of said two main landing gear, and for withdrawing the hydraulic fluid from said extendible struts of said two main landing gear, comprising the steps of: increasing the aircraft's ride height while the aircraft is taxiing on the ground after landing by pumping a volume of hydraulic fluid exclusively into the extendible struts of the two main landing gear; and withdrawing said volume of hydraulic fluid from the extendible struts of the two main landing gear when the aircraft is in flight to establish a set amount of hydraulic fluid in the extendible struts of the two main landing gear, and maintaining said set amount of hydraulic fluid in the extendible struts of the two main landing gear during flight of the aircraft preparatory for a landing impact of the aircraft.