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SKW5938 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N140SY · FCA → SFO

· 0:30Quality 85side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −82%). Download

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
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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
84%
First lockfrom target selected
5.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.53° / 0.19°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.38° / 0.56°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
8.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
11.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.58° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.63° / 0.63°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.44°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.53°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.71°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.60°
Zoom steps
14

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5938
Registration
N140SY
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
FCA · Kalispell
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
258 kt
Altitude at closest
11,225 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a0a457

Pass geometry

Max elevation
30.8°
Elevation at start → end
24.7° → 30.8°
Azimuth at start → end
345° NNW → 17° NNE
Closest-approach azimuth
17° NNE
Minimum slant range
6.7 km
Heading at closest
115° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (81°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:30 (30.1 s)
Lock
84%

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
15.0 MB · 30.0 s · offset -1.3 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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