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BAW28K British Airways

Boeing 777 336ER · G-STBL · LHR → SFO

· 1:32Quality 92side-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
74%
First lockfrom target selected
9.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.37° / 0.49°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.75° / 1.56°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
9.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
19.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
9.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.39° / 0.45°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.74° / 1.44°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.78°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.59°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.96°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.45°
Zoom steps
77

Aircraft & route

Flight
BAW28K
Registration
G-STBL
Type
Boeing 777 336ER
Airline
British Airways
From
LHR · London
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
295 kt
Altitude at closest
11,075 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
406b05

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.4°
Elevation at start → end
21.5° → 30.6°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 127° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
51° NE
Minimum slant range
3.6 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (4°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:32 (92.2 s)
Lock
74%

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
46.0 MB · 92.0 s · offset -1.4 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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