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FDX265 FedEx

Boeing 767 300F · N148FE · OAK → GDL

· 1:19Quality 66low zoomside-onDead-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
62%
First lockfrom target selected
10.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.50° / 0.27°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.95° / 1.00°
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
1.45°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.03°
Zoom steps
4

Aircraft & route

Flight
FDX265
Registration
N148FE
Type
Boeing 767 300F
Airline
FedEx
From
OAK · Oakland
To
GDL · Guadalajara
Ground speed
322 kt
Altitude at closest
10,575 ft
Vertical rate
+1,024 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a0c0ea

Pass geometry

Max elevation
43.4°
Elevation at start → end
20.7° → 23.4°
Azimuth at start → end
339° NNW → 214° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
275° W
Minimum slant range
4.7 km
Heading at closest
187° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:19 (79.2 s)
Lock
62%

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
34.0 MB · 69.8 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

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