Explanada de direcciones

English translation: skid pad

16:38 Dec 18, 2018
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Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / Test tracks/test circuits
Spanish term or phrase: Explanada de direcciones
I'm translating a property sale deed that describes a plot of land that includes a test track (test circuit):
"Circuito de pruebas, que consta de las siguientes partes: pista principal de rodaje. Pista adoquinada. Pista ondulada. Explanada de direcciones. Pista de pendientes...."
My version so far:
"Test track, which consists of the following parts: main track. Paved track. Rolling Track. *Explanada de direcciones*. Slope track...."

Any ideas and/or improvements would be appreciated
David Hasting
Spain
Local time: 11:28
English translation:skid pad
Explanation:
...or skidpad (no space). Skidpan is a variation.

This is the US term. Steering pad is the UK term. And Porsche uses 'low friction circle'.


Track Attack! We find America's Best-Handling Car - MSN.com
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/track-attack-we-find.....
May 11, 2007 - Provided by MotorTrend Cadillac's vehicle-dynamics icon Maurice Olley once remarked, "Don't let anyone persuade you that the skidpad tests ...

Skid Pad Testing
www.ozebiz.com.au/racetech/development/skidpad.html
Road & Track Magazine have been using skid pad tests since the early 1970's to determine the maximum g cornering force of the cars they road test.


Porsche Driving Experience - Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles
https://www.porschedriving.com/porsche-experience-center-los...
This principle originates on the race track and is embodied in every single one of ... The Low Friction Circle consists of highly polished concrete on a wet surface ..


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Note added at 5 hrs (2018-12-18 21:56:32 GMT)
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'explanada' must be a typo for 'eSplanada',
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bigedsenior
Local time: 03:28
Grading comment
Thanks, I'm using the UK version, steering pad
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4skid pad
bigedsenior
3steering pad platform
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steering pad platform


Explanation:
Steering Pad | MIRA
https://www.horiba-mira.com/our-services/steering-pad
All MIRA's test circuits allow our customers to conduct vehicle testing and development in a controlled and secure environment. The steering pad is ideal for ...

Test Tracks- iCAT - NATRiP
www.natrip.in/download/Test_Tracks_iCAT.pdf
comfort track at iCAT used as complement with NVH facilities at centre. The details of test ... Technical Details of Test Tracks At iCAT ... Steering pad platform.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 07:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  bigedsenior: if you had left off platform, I would have agreed as UK usage, but reading the ref it appears to be a combination of the approach to the pad plus the pad.
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skid pad


Explanation:
...or skidpad (no space). Skidpan is a variation.

This is the US term. Steering pad is the UK term. And Porsche uses 'low friction circle'.


Track Attack! We find America's Best-Handling Car - MSN.com
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/track-attack-we-find.....
May 11, 2007 - Provided by MotorTrend Cadillac's vehicle-dynamics icon Maurice Olley once remarked, "Don't let anyone persuade you that the skidpad tests ...

Skid Pad Testing
www.ozebiz.com.au/racetech/development/skidpad.html
Road & Track Magazine have been using skid pad tests since the early 1970's to determine the maximum g cornering force of the cars they road test.


Porsche Driving Experience - Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles
https://www.porschedriving.com/porsche-experience-center-los...
This principle originates on the race track and is embodied in every single one of ... The Low Friction Circle consists of highly polished concrete on a wet surface ..


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Note added at 5 hrs (2018-12-18 21:56:32 GMT)
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'explanada' must be a typo for 'eSplanada',

bigedsenior
Local time: 03:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 361
Grading comment
Thanks, I'm using the UK version, steering pad

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: We know that this term exists in English, but you haven't given German references.// English references don't prove anything. And explanada is not a typo as far as I can see.
1 hr
  -> We are not translating into German. What I gave is what the Porsche USA website calls it.
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