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SWA3068 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N268WN

· 0:22Quality 69nose/tailturned left 29°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −64%). 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
61%
First lockfrom target selected
8.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.41° / 0.27°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.19° / 0.92°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
4.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.29° / 0.18°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.83° / 0.57°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.23°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.34°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.66°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.63°
Zoom steps
15

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA3068
Registration
N268WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
355 kt
Altitude at closest
10,150 ft
Vertical rate
+448 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a29eb6

Pass geometry

Max elevation
26.8°
Elevation at start → end
26.8° → 19.4°
Azimuth at start → end
208° SSW → 192° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
208° SSW
Minimum slant range
6.9 km
Heading at closest
187° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (21°)
Turn
turned left 29°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:22 (21.7 s)
Lock
61%

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
11.0 MB · 22.0 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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