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SKW5217 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LL · N603UX

· 1:07Quality 70low 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
93%
First lockfrom target selected
4.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.29° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.73° / 0.42°
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
0.69°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.93°
Zoom steps
6

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5217
Registration
N603UX
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LL
Airline
SkyWest
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
257 kt
Altitude at closest
12,025 ft
Vertical rate
-1,280 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a7d43c

Pass geometry

Max elevation
31.1°
Elevation at start → end
30.5° → 19.8°
Azimuth at start → end
5° N → 70° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
17° NNE
Minimum slant range
7.1 km
Heading at closest
112° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:07 (67.3 s)
Lock
93%

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
28.8 MB · 58.0 s · offset -1.2 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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