horse wrote:shelly wrote:Simulator and cfd simulation are two completely different softwares, with very different hardware.
Precisely, the simulator is not solving any CFD on the fly. It is taking the aggregated data predicted by the CFD and validated in the wind tunnel and applying that to the dynamic model of the car.
I would doubt that something like a front wing could be done in isolation as it has a strong impact downstream. I guess they would have to get data for the entire car and provide it to the simulator.
Ringo wrote:Williams need a new front wing, this sliced fruit looking wing can't cut it.
I was really surprised to see the thing on the car. Its development came from issues with the Cosworth engine and diffuser blowing, two problems they don't have any more.
Wish I coudl have seen that show on TV. I agree with horse here. Williams seem to be not developing the same direction than others, means the FW is the starting point for air coming into play, as such one would think it plays a major role in the entire aero concept of the car.
If the follow the high nose concept, light weight gear box, tight backend, coke bottle shape, one would expect they get to similar to close designs than RB, Merc, Renault and others, but yet their FW appears to be completely different...I might be wrong, just thinking.
