Patent ID: 7237852

Claim:
A method of controlling and braking an aircraft running on the ground that has: at least two pairs of undercarriage wheel assemblies such that the two undercarriage wheel assemblies of each pair are symmetrical with each other with respect to a median longitudinal vertical plane of such an aircraft and that the two undercarriage wheel assemblies, hereafter referred to as close undercarriage wheel assemblies, of one of the pairs are closer to the median longitudinal vertical plane than the two undercarriage wheel assemblies, hereafter referred to as distant undercarriage wheel assemblies, of the other one of the pairs, each wheel of the undercarriage wheel assemblies being equipped with an individual brake; and two braking control devices available to the pilot of the aircraft, each of the devices being associated with two undercarriage wheel assemblies disposed on a same side of the median longitudinal vertical plane and generating a braking command capable of controlling the brakes of the two associated undercarriage wheel assemblies, the method comprising: comparing the braking commands; applying a smallest braking command, having a value greater than zero, only to the brakes of the distant undercarriage wheel assembly with which the braking control device generating a smallest command is associated; and applying a biggest braking command not only to the brakes of the two undercarriage wheel assemblies with which the control device generating a biggest braking command is associated, but also to the brakes of the close undercarriage wheel assembly associated with the braking control device generating the smallest braking command.