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QXE2455 Horizon Air

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N627QX · SEA → OAK

· 0:47Quality 67side-onturned right 16°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −56%). 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
65%
First lockfrom target selected
4.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.36° / 0.50°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.48° / 1.65°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
22.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
35.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
4.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.31°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.40° / 0.76°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.02°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.47°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.35°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.80°
Zoom steps
34

Aircraft & route

Flight
QXE2455
Registration
N627QX
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
Horizon Air
From
SEA · Seattle
To
OAK · Oakland
Ground speed
344 kt
Altitude at closest
12,950 ft
Vertical rate
-1,600 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a831b2

Pass geometry

Max elevation
72.4°
Elevation at start → end
59.0° → 32.2°
Azimuth at start → end
351° N → 135° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
49° NE
Minimum slant range
4.1 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
turned right 16°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:47 (46.5 s)
Lock
65%

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
23.5 MB · 47.0 s · offset -1.6 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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