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LXJ462 Flexjet

Gulfstream Aerospace G450 · N462FX

· 1:45Quality 70low zoomside-onturned left 65°OverheadDead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −48%). 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
87%
First lockfrom target selected
6.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.28° / 0.51°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.08° / 1.14°
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
0.79°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.27°
Zoom steps
2

Aircraft & route

Flight
LXJ462
Registration
N462FX
Type
Gulfstream Aerospace G450
Airline
Flexjet
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
333 kt
Altitude at closest
12,625 ft
Vertical rate
+2,048 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a5a19c

Pass geometry

Max elevation
65.4°
Elevation at start → end
20.0° → 26.0°
Azimuth at start → end
341° NNW → 152° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
233° SW
Minimum slant range
4.3 km
Heading at closest
144° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
turned left 65°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
Yes — camera flipped over the top
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:45 (104.7 s)
Lock
87%

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
48.2 MB · 97.7 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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