All your above deliberations refers to
optimal control theory, guys. In short, optimal speed/range value is an example of
minimum energy trajectory solved by
Bellman equation.
Of course it is quite hard to understand but it can clearly explain why the slowest sub speed doesn't offer the longest range.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellman_equation
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Originally Posted by pythos
If the Walter drive did not have the bad tendency to blow up at the wrong moment, this would really have been a terrible weapon against the allied fleets.
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This is a big mistake! It should be as follows: "If the Walter drive
had not had..." - Type three Conditional! 