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SWA2274 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 800/W · N8575Z

· 1:08Quality 94side-onturned left 28°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −73%). 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
85%
First lockfrom target selected
6.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.54° / 0.27°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.20° / 1.02°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
10.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
19.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.63° / 0.37°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.84° / 1.66°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.06°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.00°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.23°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.98°
Zoom steps
43

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA2274
Registration
N8575Z
Type
Boeing 737NG 800/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
315 kt
Altitude at closest
10,075 ft
Vertical rate
+2,368 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
abc478

Pass geometry

Max elevation
38.0°
Elevation at start → end
19.4° → 31.7°
Azimuth at start → end
347° NNW → 227° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
280° W
Minimum slant range
5.0 km
Heading at closest
199° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (82°)
Turn
turned left 28°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:08 (68.2 s)
Lock
85%

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
33.9 MB · 68.0 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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