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SKW5597 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N156SY · SFO → ?

· 1:28Quality 79side-onturned 55°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
61%
First lockfrom target selected
10.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.46° / 0.23°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.34° / 1.62°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
64.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
14.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.27° / 0.24°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.03° / 1.09°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.05°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.26°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.03°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.06°
Zoom steps
54

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5597
Registration
N156SY
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
287 kt
Altitude at closest
7,300 ft
Vertical rate
+2,624 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a0e220

Pass geometry

Max elevation
47.3°
Elevation at start → end
18.6° → 17.7°
Azimuth at start → end
329° NNW → 205° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
266° W
Minimum slant range
3.1 km
Heading at closest
176° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned 55°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:28 (88.3 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
2026-10-13j — full 3.4 deg tele for slow planes (limit only above 0.5 deg/s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
44.0 MB · 88.0 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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