On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 04:43:54 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in eAfmd.36275$V41.3702@attbi_s52::

I'd have left them off, but we literally dropped 5 - 7 knots without them.

IIRC, the Piper POH uses a figure of 8 knots speed reduction if
(factory equipped) wheel pants are removed.