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SWA3192 Southwest Airlines

· 1:39Quality 84nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −48%). 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
64%
First lockfrom target selected
4.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.42° / 0.49°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.08° / 2.32°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
12.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
78.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
11.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.34°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.53° / 1.11°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.8
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.07°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.75°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.98°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.47°
Zoom steps
81

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA3192
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
300 kt
Altitude at closest
9,025 ft
Vertical rate
+2,432 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ac7218

Pass geometry

Max elevation
87.4°
Elevation at start → end
19.8° → 19.6°
Azimuth at start → end
354° N → 175° S
Closest-approach azimuth
261° W
Minimum slant range
2.8 km
Heading at closest
175° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (9°)
Turn
straight (13°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:39 (99.3 s)
Lock
64%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13i — slower zoom ladder (one rung, 1.5 s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
49.5 MB · 99.0 s · offset -1.2 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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