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SKW3210 SkyWest

Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR · N430SY · SFO → ?

· 0:12Quality 40shortlost lockwrap pinnedlow zoomnose/tailDead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −49%). 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
16%
First lockfrom target selected
10.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
5.06° / 0.25°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
5.11° / 0.47°
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
1.66°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.25°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW3210
Registration
N430SY
Type
Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
334 kt
Altitude at closest
10,600 ft
Vertical rate
+1,984 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a524c5

Pass geometry

Max elevation
24.8°
Elevation at start → end
24.8° → 20.5°
Azimuth at start → end
222° SW → 214° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
222° SW
Minimum slant range
7.8 km
Heading at closest
188° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (34°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:12 (12.0 s)
Lock
16%

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 -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

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