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JSX653 JSX Air

Embraer ERJ-135 LR · N254JX · OAK → LAS

· 1:42Quality 77wrap pinnedside-onturned left 18°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −56%). Download

Trace

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

—FOV —az —el —pose —
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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
51%
First lockfrom target selected
11.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.40° / 0.28°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.27° / 1.11°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.0°
Time to 8°from first lock
16.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
19.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
7.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.78° / 0.28°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.71° / 1.14°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
2.8
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.30°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.37°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.09°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.15°
Zoom steps
85

Aircraft & route

Flight
JSX653
Registration
N254JX
Type
Embraer ERJ-135 LR
Airline
JSX Air
From
OAK · Oakland
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
331 kt
Altitude at closest
10,750 ft
Vertical rate
+1,344 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a26738

Pass geometry

Max elevation
59.0°
Elevation at start → end
20.0° → 21.9°
Azimuth at start → end
358° N → 188° S
Closest-approach azimuth
271° W
Minimum slant range
3.8 km
Heading at closest
186° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
turned left 18°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:42 (102.2 s)
Lock
51%

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
51.0 MB · 102.0 s · offset -1.6 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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