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SWA365 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737MAX 8 · N8743K · SFO → ?

· 0:24Quality 66low zoomnose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −70%). 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
77%
First lockfrom target selected
5.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.29° / 0.13°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.96° / 1.03°
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
0.56°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.44°
Zoom steps
2

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA365
Registration
N8743K
Type
Boeing 737MAX 8
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
298 kt
Altitude at closest
8,900 ft
Vertical rate
+2,944 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ac07fd

Pass geometry

Max elevation
24.5°
Elevation at start → end
24.5° → 18.1°
Azimuth at start → end
202° SSW → 191° S
Closest-approach azimuth
202° SSW
Minimum slant range
6.6 km
Heading at closest
177° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (25°)
Turn
straight (14°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:24 (24.0 s)
Lock
77%

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
11.1 MB · 26.0 s · offset -2.7 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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