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JSX179 JSX Air

Embraer ERJ-135 LR · N256JX · OAK → BUR

· 0:19Quality 56lost locklow zoomside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −38%). 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
34%
First lockfrom target selected
9.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.36° / 1.42°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.52° / 1.96°
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
1.32°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.11°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
JSX179
Registration
N256JX
Type
Embraer ERJ-135 LR
Airline
JSX Air
From
OAK · Oakland
To
BUR · Burbank
Ground speed
352 kt
Altitude at closest
11,125 ft
Vertical rate
+1,216 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a26ea6

Pass geometry

Max elevation
30.8°
Elevation at start → end
30.8° → 26.9°
Azimuth at start → end
279° W → 250° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
279° W
Minimum slant range
6.7 km
Heading at closest
196° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (83°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:19 (19.1 s)
Lock
34%

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
9.0 MB · 18.0 s · offset -0.9 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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