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FFT2486 Frontier

Airbus A320neo · N413FR · SFO → LAS

· 0:18Quality 64side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −27%). 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
44%
First lockfrom target selected
9.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.27° / 0.27°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.59° / 0.83°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.35° / 0.41°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.55°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.21°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.00°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.34°
Zoom steps
13

Aircraft & route

Flight
FFT2486
Registration
N413FR
Type
Airbus A320neo
Airline
Frontier
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
302 kt
Altitude at closest
9,150 ft
Vertical rate
+256 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a4dfd2

Pass geometry

Max elevation
22.6°
Elevation at start → end
18.0° → 22.6°
Azimuth at start → end
323° NW → 306° NW
Closest-approach azimuth
306° NW
Minimum slant range
7.3 km
Heading at closest
183° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (56°)
Turn
straight (13°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:18 (18.3 s)
Lock
44%

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
8.9 MB · 18.0 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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