Cypher is right Red and it is well known why the car was crap, it was indeed down to the wind tunnel not being configured correctly, they use the software to produce the designs, revisions and changes but f1 teams ALWAYS use wind tunnels for full testing and development and it is down to if you own or rent one to how fast you progress and has been the case for years.
You own one and you are able to test for longer and do more
Honda people cocked up in a big way and a few prunes configuring things wrong
i had a guest lecturer from ugs saying the opposite. Honda designed their first car without access to a wind tunnel, as they were on such a tight budget getting started, not to mention they spent years developing their car rather than the usual 10 months.
pantran/nastran is absolutely insane for pfa, i use it at work for airflow systems to make sure the crap i stick onto the car actually works.
yes
now they use a wind tunnel, the benefits of being able to use one is infinitely better than relying on the witchcraft of fea. they didnt have one when they first started, which is what i said.
their current problems have been down to them not being able to keep up with the aero updates the other teams create in such an insane short time. their calibration issues further hampered efforts to update their aero package.
