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SKW750R SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N86371 · SFO → MRY

· 0:51Quality 86side-onturned left 29°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −71%). Download

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
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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
63%
First lockfrom target selected
5.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.54° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.31° / 0.41°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
16.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.38° / 0.12°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.16° / 0.48°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.99°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.97°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.98°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.53°
Zoom steps
38

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW750R
Registration
N86371
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
MRY · Monterey
Ground speed
302 kt
Altitude at closest
7,825 ft
Vertical rate
+3,840 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
abdd63

Pass geometry

Max elevation
25.1°
Elevation at start → end
25.1° → 18.7°
Azimuth at start → end
280° W → 219° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
280° W
Minimum slant range
5.8 km
Heading at closest
206° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (74°)
Turn
turned left 29°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:51 (51.1 s)
Lock
63%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13e — revert framing sigma hold
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
25.5 MB · 51.0 s · offset -1.7 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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