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TAI563 Avianca El Salvador

Airbus A320 251NSL · N762AV · SFO → SAL

· 0:39Quality 68low zoomquarteringturned left 15°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −46%). 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
83%
First lockfrom target selected
6.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.59° / 0.28°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.24° / 1.65°
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
0.60°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.70°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
TAI563
Registration
N762AV
Type
Airbus A320 251NSL
Airline
Avianca El Salvador
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
SAL · San Salvador (San Luis Talpa)
Ground speed
289 kt
Altitude at closest
8,800 ft
Vertical rate
+2,752 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
aa490a

Pass geometry

Max elevation
28.1°
Elevation at start → end
28.1° → 19.6°
Azimuth at start → end
196° SSW → 161° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
196° SSW
Minimum slant range
5.8 km
Heading at closest
147° SSE
Aspect at closest
quartering (49°)
Turn
turned left 15°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:39 (39.2 s)
Lock
83%

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
17.0 MB · 34.2 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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