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JAL2 Japan Airlines

Boeing 777 346ER · JA741J · HND → SFO

· 0:38Quality 75side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −62%). 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
80%
First lockfrom target selected
4.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.47° / 0.41°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.67° / 0.99°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
8.3°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
9.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.58°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.39°
Zoom steps
20

Aircraft & route

Flight
JAL2
Registration
JA741J
Type
Boeing 777 346ER
Airline
Japan Airlines
From
HND · Tokyo
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
290 kt
Altitude at closest
11,125 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
8682fc

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.7°
Elevation at start → end
43.2° → 53.7°
Azimuth at start → end
340° NNW → 110° ESE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.6 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:38 (37.5 s)
Lock
80%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-13a — zoom ladder waits for the lens to settle before demoting
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
19.0 MB · 38.0 s · offset -1.8 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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