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LXJ438 Flexjet

Embraer Praetor 500 · N438FX · SFO → ?

· 0:19Quality 53lost lockside-onturned left 16°

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
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.08°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.00°
Zoom steps
17

Aircraft & route

Flight
LXJ438
Registration
N438FX
Type
Embraer Praetor 500
Airline
Flexjet
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
314 kt
Altitude at closest
9,375 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a54169

Pass geometry

Max elevation
20.8°
Elevation at start → end
17.2° → 20.8°
Azimuth at start → end
278° W → 256° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
256° WSW
Minimum slant range
8.0 km
Heading at closest
162° SSE
Aspect at closest
side-on (86°)
Turn
turned left 16°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:19 (19.1 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
8.7 MB · 17.9 s · offset -1.1 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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