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VJA302 Vista America

Bombardier Challenger 300 · N302JE

· 1:03Quality 84side-on

3D replay

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
77%
First lockfrom target selected
15.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.43° / 0.32°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.12° / 1.11°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
37.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
9.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.26° / 0.22°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.06° / 1.23°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.82°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.11°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.61°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.74°
Zoom steps
53

Aircraft & route

Flight
VJA302
Registration
N302JE
Type
Bombardier Challenger 300
Airline
Vista America
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
321 kt
Altitude at closest
9,150 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a3278d

Pass geometry

Max elevation
74.1°
Elevation at start → end
26.1° → 29.8°
Azimuth at start → end
29° NNE → 192° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
111° ESE
Minimum slant range
2.9 km
Heading at closest
200° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:03 (63.2 s)
Lock
77%

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
31.5 MB · 63.0 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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