skylight.

SKW5433 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LL · N606UX · SFO → ?

· 1:25Quality 86side-onturned 21°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −54%). 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
75%
First lockfrom target selected
5.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.77° / 0.41°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.46° / 1.17°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
61.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
16.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.55° / 0.33°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.85° / 1.62°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.42°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.25°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.43°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.00°
Zoom steps
61

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5433
Registration
N606UX
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LL
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
306 kt
Altitude at closest
7,400 ft
Vertical rate
+2,176 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a7df61

Pass geometry

Max elevation
44.2°
Elevation at start → end
19.5° → 17.3°
Azimuth at start → end
337° NNW → 204° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
271° W
Minimum slant range
3.3 km
Heading at closest
185° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (86°)
Turn
turned 21°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:25 (84.5 s)
Lock
75%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13d — framing keeps the locked sigma while the lens settles
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
42.0 MB · 84.0 s · offset -0.9 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

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License