The best range glide configuration is a clean aircraft i.e. no flaps, gear etc.
Whether this helps is another matter. If there are houses just before the runway but there is a field right below where the engine quit, it's obviously better to not try to reach the runway(which one won't anyway, from a 3 degree approach).
I don't think a TB10 or an Arrow are more of a "brick" than a PA28 or a Cessna. They just fly a bit faster
