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N533GV

Gulfstream Aerospace G550 · N533GV

· 2:00Quality 89nose/tailturned left 26°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −77%). 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
66%
First lockfrom target selected
11.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.26° / 0.24°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.04° / 9.32°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
44.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
47.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
40.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.30° / 0.50°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.37° / 1.66°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.39°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.92°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.46°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
4.26°
Zoom steps
58

Aircraft & route

Flight
N533GV
Registration
N533GV
Type
Gulfstream Aerospace G550
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
204 kt
Altitude at closest
2,550 ft
Vertical rate
+2,432 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a6bc3c

Pass geometry

Max elevation
86.3°
Elevation at start → end
1.4° → 14.7°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 294° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
23° NNE
Minimum slant range
820 m
Heading at closest
299° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (5°)
Turn
turned left 26°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:00 (119.6 s)
Lock
66%

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
58.4 MB · 119.0 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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