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ASA521 Alaska

Boeing 737MAX 9 · N920AK

· 1:25Quality 88side-onturned right 17°

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
71%
First lockfrom target selected
8.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.53° / 0.56°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.44° / 1.07°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
15.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.49° / 0.44°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.08° / 1.63°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.34°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.35°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.95°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.96°
Zoom steps
39

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA521
Registration
N920AK
Type
Boeing 737MAX 9
Airline
Alaska
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
392 kt
Altitude at closest
15,375 ft
Vertical rate
-1,792 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
acbe34

Pass geometry

Max elevation
75.2°
Elevation at start → end
33.5° → 26.0°
Azimuth at start → end
330° NNW → 142° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
49° NE
Minimum slant range
4.8 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
turned right 17°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:25 (85.0 s)
Lock
71%

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
42.2 MB · 85.0 s · offset -1.4 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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