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QXE2101 Horizon Air

Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR · N658QX

· 1:18Quality 76side-onDead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −46%). 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
13.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.05° / 0.24°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.59° / 1.37°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
8.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.79° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
3.04° / 0.70°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.88°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.16°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.44°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.55°
Zoom steps
71

Aircraft & route

Flight
QXE2101
Registration
N658QX
Type
Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR
Airline
Horizon Air
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
349 kt
Altitude at closest
12,150 ft
Vertical rate
+2,624 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a8abe6

Pass geometry

Max elevation
47.4°
Elevation at start → end
26.4° → 25.8°
Azimuth at start → end
336° NNW → 210° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
275° W
Minimum slant range
5.1 km
Heading at closest
187° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:18 (78.1 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
2026-10-13i — slower zoom ladder (one rung, 1.5 s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
38.6 MB · 78.0 s · offset -1.1 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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