Waypoint and wheel-over point
A waypoint is a point on the planned route where the course changes; the wheel-over point is where the turn must start to reach the new track.
In 9 languages
| Language | Term |
|---|---|
| English | Waypoint and wheel-over point |
| Russian | Путевая точка и точка начала поворота |
| Romanian | Punct de cale și punct de începere a girației |
| Polish | Punkt zwrotu i punkt rozpoczęcia zwrotu |
| Latvian | Pagrieziena punkts un pagrieziena sākuma punkts |
| Filipino | Waypoint at wheel-over point |
| Indonesian | Titik belok (waypoint) dan titik mulai belok |
| Chinese | 转向点与开始转舵点 |
| Croatian | Točka okreta i točka početka okreta |
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