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SWA1871 Southwest Airlines

· 0:20Quality 63low zoomnose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −44%). 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
63%
First lockfrom target selected
5.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.25° / 0.46°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.45° / 2.75°
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
0.66°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.32°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA1871
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
328 kt
Altitude at closest
10,225 ft
Vertical rate
+1,152 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ac65fb

Pass geometry

Max elevation
27.5°
Elevation at start → end
27.5° → 19.0°
Azimuth at start → end
173° S → 173° S
Closest-approach azimuth
173° S
Minimum slant range
6.8 km
Heading at closest
175° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (3°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:20 (19.6 s)
Lock
63%

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
9.7 MB · 20.0 s · offset -1.6 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

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License