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VJA119 Vista America

Gulfstream Aerospace G450 · N119JE

· 0:41Quality 67lost lockside-onOverhead

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
40%
First lockfrom target selected
13.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.47°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.24° / 1.40°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
10.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
0.0 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
1.72°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.63°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
VJA119
Registration
N119JE
Type
Gulfstream Aerospace G450
Airline
Vista America
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
182 kt
Altitude at closest
1,075 ft
Vertical rate
+1,664 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a04e6f

Pass geometry

Max elevation
73.0°
Elevation at start → end
0.6° → 12.9°
Azimuth at start → end
122° ESE → 296° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
206° SSW
Minimum slant range
372 m
Heading at closest
299° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (87°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
Yes — camera flipped over the top
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:41 (40.7 s)
Lock
40%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13f — log which rule set the zoom (zw)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
20.5 MB · 41.0 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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