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SWA2762 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7Q8/W · N7877H

· 0:46Quality 62wrap pinnedside-onDead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −49%). 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
48%
First lockfrom target selected
6.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.63° / 0.34°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.46° / 1.32°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
7.57°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
9.19°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
2.49°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.66°
Zoom steps
51

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA2762
Registration
N7877H
Type
Boeing 737NG 7Q8/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
363 kt
Altitude at closest
11,475 ft
Vertical rate
+2,304 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
aaaddc

Pass geometry

Max elevation
35.7°
Elevation at start → end
34.7° → 23.6°
Azimuth at start → end
288° WNW → 219° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
271° W
Minimum slant range
6.0 km
Heading at closest
186° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:46 (45.7 s)
Lock
48%

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
23.0 MB · 46.0 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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