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Old 12-19-2011, 10:03 AM
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Default Good point Snowflake

...The last thing to do on final, my flight instructor taught me, was after the GUMPS check he would say 'Heels on the floor'
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Old 12-19-2011, 10:29 AM
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Default 8A does the same

Every landing produces some of the odor --- no big deal!
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Old 12-19-2011, 10:51 AM
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I had the same problem after getting all the fairings on. Seal the gear leg fairings. Jam some foam rubber in there at the top to test the theory.
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Old 12-19-2011, 01:31 PM
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I had the same problem after getting all the fairings on. Seal the gear leg fairings. Jam some foam rubber in there at the top to test the theory.
Yep, this is how you fix it. It's just the tires going from 0 to 60 in 1/4-second. I got tired of smelling the rubber so I injected a small amount of expanding foam in the top of the gear leg fairings. Problem solved. Maybe a better solution is to RTV the hole where the gear leg enters the cabin...but I really don't think the foam is going to hurt anything.
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Old 12-19-2011, 01:51 PM
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I get a bad smell in the cockpit after some of my landings, but it's not rubber....
exactly what does it smell like?
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Old 12-25-2011, 01:14 PM
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Interesting discussion since two weeks ago a friend landed at our airport and reported the same "smell" and under the same circumstances. His "6" has been flying for several years and he had not experienced that before.

He had converted to larger tires (I forgot which specific ones) recently and so he removed the pants to check. No apparent rubbing was observed but he elected to keep the pants off and see the results.

He later called me and said the pants/wheels had nothing to do with the problem, in fact what had happened was the end of the heat muff had loosened and on landing would contact one of the exhaust hangers (rubber) and produce the smell.

Just look for anything "Rubber" in the engine compartment and have a look see.

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Old 12-26-2011, 12:57 PM
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exactly what does it smell like?
Eddie, I think it is organic in nature!

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