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DAL1421 Delta Air Lines

Boeing 737NG 832/W · N384DA · SFO → ?

· 0:11Quality 4no planeshortlost locklow zoomquartering

3D replay

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
Lock

Events

Tracking metrics

How well the camera kept the aircraft centred. Tap a metric for what it means and what good looks like.

Lockshare of the pass
0%
First lockfrom target selected
—
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
—
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
—
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
13.6°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.81°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.00°
Zoom steps
8

Aircraft & route

Flight
DAL1421
Registration
N384DA
Type
Boeing 737NG 832/W
Airline
Delta Air Lines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
375 kt
Altitude at closest
11,250 ft
Vertical rate
+1,664 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a46a72

Pass geometry

Max elevation
24.6°
Elevation at start → end
24.6° → 21.1°
Azimuth at start → end
220° SW → 212° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
220° SW
Minimum slant range
8.3 km
Heading at closest
182° S
Aspect at closest
quartering (38°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:11 (11.2 s)
Lock
0%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-12i — focus jumps only to trusted tele points; rate-steered setpoint; bias learned only when still
Commit
68739f5+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
5.5 MB · 11.0 s · offset -1.5 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
rateFloorDegPerDps
2.5
rateFloorMaxDeg
12
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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