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EJA875 NetJets

N875QS · SFO → ?

· 1:58Quality 88nose/tailturned left 28°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −76%). 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
26.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.24° / 0.18°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.41° / 2.43°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
27.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
65.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
35.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.19° / 0.25°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.79° / 1.43°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.7
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.32°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.31°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.43°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.82°
Zoom steps
44

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA875
Registration
N875QS
Type
—
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
206 kt
Altitude at closest
2,275 ft
Vertical rate
+2,944 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
ac0a58

Pass geometry

Max elevation
83.8°
Elevation at start → end
1.7° → 16.3°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 293° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
27° NNE
Minimum slant range
742 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (9°)
Turn
turned left 28°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:58 (117.8 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
2026-10-13j — 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
58.5 MB · 116.8 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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