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DAL902 Delta Air Lines

Boeing 737NG 832/W · N3749D

· 1:44Quality 71low zoomside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −52%). 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
94%
First lockfrom target selected
4.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.28° / 0.18°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.81° / 0.38°
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
0.70°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.62°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
DAL902
Registration
N3749D
Type
Boeing 737NG 832/W
Airline
Delta Air Lines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
262 kt
Altitude at closest
10,375 ft
Vertical rate
-1,792 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a4463e

Pass geometry

Max elevation
27.9°
Elevation at start → end
21.0° → 15.6°
Azimuth at start → end
333° NNW → 71° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
12° NNE
Minimum slant range
6.6 km
Heading at closest
111° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (81°)
Turn
straight (5°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:44 (104.2 s)
Lock
94%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13g — debanding (archive s2 + live shader)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
52.2 MB · 104.0 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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