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DAL2383 Delta Air Lines

Airbus A320 212 · N376NW

· 0:23Quality 66side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −63%). Download

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
60%
First lockfrom target selected
4.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.15° / 0.47°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.65° / 2.25°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
6.7°
Time to 8°from first lock
11.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
11.6 s
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
1.84°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.60°
Zoom steps
25

Aircraft & route

Flight
DAL2383
Registration
N376NW
Type
Airbus A320 212
Airline
Delta Air Lines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
350 kt
Altitude at closest
12,500 ft
Vertical rate
-960 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a44b56

Pass geometry

Max elevation
71.4°
Elevation at start → end
70.2° → 44.5°
Azimuth at start → end
28° NNE → 122° ESE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
4.0 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (5°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:23 (23.1 s)
Lock
60%

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
10.0 MB · 21.3 s · offset -1.3 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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