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KPO181

Gulfstream Aerospace GIV SP · N181PR

· 0:26Quality 62side-on

3D replay

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
54%
First lockfrom target selected
7.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.26° / 0.81°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
21.76° / 7.31°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
13.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.51°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.42°
Zoom steps
24

Aircraft & route

Flight
KPO181
Registration
N181PR
Type
Gulfstream Aerospace GIV SP
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
394 kt
Altitude at closest
20,475 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a145b8

Pass geometry

Max elevation
79.1°
Elevation at start → end
74.1° → 55.7°
Azimuth at start → end
2° N → 123° ESE
Closest-approach azimuth
47° NE
Minimum slant range
6.4 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (87°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:26 (26.4 s)
Lock
54%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-13h — no zoom-focus direct while the lens is still zooming (wedge race)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
13.5 MB · 27.0 s · offset -1.5 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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