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SKW4671 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N145SY · SFO → ?

· 1:27Quality 77side-onturned 32°Dead-zone wrap

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
58%
First lockfrom target selected
12.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.82° / 0.25°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.96° / 1.08°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
38.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
6.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.55° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.70° / 0.44°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
3.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.16°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.24°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.31°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.10°
Zoom steps
63

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW4671
Registration
N145SY
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
294 kt
Altitude at closest
8,000 ft
Vertical rate
+2,240 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a0b6ea

Pass geometry

Max elevation
42.7°
Elevation at start → end
19.1° → 18.7°
Azimuth at start → end
330° NNW → 205° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
270° W
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
181° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
turned 32°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:27 (86.9 s)
Lock
58%

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
43.5 MB · 87.0 s · offset -1.8 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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