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EVA007 EVA Air

Boeing 787-9 · B-17888

· 0:31Quality 73side-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
63%
First lockfrom target selected
5.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.46° / 0.20°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.49° / 0.80°
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
1.19°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.15°
Zoom steps
4

Aircraft & route

Flight
EVA007
Registration
B-17888
Type
Boeing 787-9
Airline
EVA Air
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
262 kt
Altitude at closest
4,450 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A5
ICAO hex
89913e

Pass geometry

Max elevation
18.2°
Elevation at start → end
17.8° → 14.5°
Azimuth at start → end
325° NW → 279° W
Closest-approach azimuth
311° NW
Minimum slant range
4.3 km
Heading at closest
231° SW
Aspect at closest
side-on (80°)
Turn
straight (13°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:31 (30.6 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
11.0 MB · 23.2 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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