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N631AC

American Champion 7GCAA · N631AC

· 0:12Quality 4no planeshortlost lockside-onOverhead

3D replay

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
0%
First lockfrom target selected
—
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
—
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
—
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
10.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
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
9.08°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.00°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
N631AC
Registration
N631AC
Type
American Champion 7GCAA (CH7B)
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
104 kt
Altitude at closest
600 ft
Vertical rate
+128 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
a84176

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.1°
Elevation at start → end
33.4° → 27.9°
Azimuth at start → end
11° NNE → 164° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
87° E
Minimum slant range
212 m
Heading at closest
177° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (3°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
Yes — camera flipped over the top
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:12 (12.2 s)
Lock
0%

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
6.1 MB · 12.0 s · offset -1.5 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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