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CFG6LR Condor Flugdienst

FRA → SFO

· 1:35Quality 75low zoomside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −57%). 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
86%
First lockfrom target selected
11.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.89° / 0.62°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.76° / 1.43°
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
0.96°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.90°
Zoom steps
12

Aircraft & route

Flight
CFG6LR
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
Condor Flugdienst
From
FRA · Frankfurt am Main
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
271 kt
Altitude at closest
11,200 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
3c7a4b

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.9°
Elevation at start → end
21.4° → 36.3°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 124° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:35 (95.2 s)
Lock
86%

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
44.6 MB · 92.8 s · offset -0.8 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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