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N34KC

RV6 · N34KC · SFO → SFO

· 0:24Quality 60low zoomnose/tailturned 83°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −47%). 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
66%
First lockfrom target selected
6.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
2.79° / 0.32°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.29° / 0.68°
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
0.53°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.92°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
N34KC
Registration
N34KC
Type
RV6
Airline
—
From
SFO
To
SFO
Ground speed
128 kt
Altitude at closest
3,300 ft
Vertical rate
-2,944 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
a3bbd9

Pass geometry

Max elevation
15.5°
Elevation at start → end
15.5° → 12.4°
Azimuth at start → end
164° SSE → 172° S
Closest-approach azimuth
164° SSE
Minimum slant range
3.8 km
Heading at closest
169° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (5°)
Turn
turned 83°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:24 (24.1 s)
Lock
66%

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
10.7 MB · 24.0 s · offset -1.4 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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