Lance wings

daviddillehay

78 Lance, wings tapered or Hershey Bar?

empannin

This is what Wikipedia says: A Lance with Taper wings is the Saratoga that started in 1980.

The Piper PA-32R is a six-seat (or seven-seat), high-performance, single engine, all-metal, fixed-wing aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Florida. The design began life as the Piper Lance, a retractable-gear version of the Piper Cherokee Six. Later models became known by the designation Piper Saratoga. The primary difference between the Lance and early Saratoga is the development of a tapered wing on the Saratoga, replacing the "Hershey bar" wing on the Lance that was a carryover from the Cherokee Six. Later Saratoga models provided updated/improved avionics, engine and interior touches but retained the same airframe design.

griff390

https://piperowner.org/talk/discussion/157085/lance-wings

Post a pic looking down the leading edge or from the outside edge of the fuel tank to about 3 feet past.

If it's a Hershey bar wing, the leading edge will be straight all the way down the wing. If it's a taper wing, there will be a step in the leading edge about 8-10 inches outboard of the fuel tanks, and the wing will taper back away from the leading edge.