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QXE2191 Horizon Air

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N646QX

· 1:09Quality 73nose/tailOverhead

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −51%). 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
61%
First lockfrom target selected
6.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.59° / 0.98°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
5.28° / 2.83°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
5.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
6.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.32° / 0.32°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.79° / 0.86°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
6.3
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.81°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.55°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.33°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.84°
Zoom steps
54

Aircraft & route

Flight
QXE2191
Registration
N646QX
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
Horizon Air
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
329 kt
Altitude at closest
9,600 ft
Vertical rate
+2,368 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a87cf9

Pass geometry

Max elevation
82.0°
Elevation at start → end
20.0° → 34.5°
Azimuth at start → end
4° N → 195° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
279° W
Minimum slant range
3.0 km
Heading at closest
189° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (26°)
Turn
straight (4°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
Yes — camera flipped over the top
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:09 (68.8 s)
Lock
61%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13c — revert vision zoom pause
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
34.5 MB · 69.0 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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