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N684MT

Gulfstream Aerospace G650 ER · N684MT

· 1:39Quality 89side-onturned 18°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −73%). 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
84%
First lockfrom target selected
9.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.36° / 0.46°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.21° / 1.22°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
25.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.32° / 0.45°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.40° / 2.11°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.55°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.02°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.82°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.59°
Zoom steps
39

Aircraft & route

Flight
N684MT
Registration
N684MT
Type
Gulfstream Aerospace G650 ER
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
326 kt
Altitude at closest
12,825 ft
Vertical rate
-1,216 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a91338

Pass geometry

Max elevation
72.4°
Elevation at start → end
27.1° → 24.0°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 141° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
49° NE
Minimum slant range
4.1 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned 18°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:39 (98.7 s)
Lock
84%

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
49.5 MB · 99.0 s · offset -1.7 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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