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SKW4100 SkyWest

Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR · N312SY

· 1:43Quality 89side-onturned right 16°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −70%). 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
77%
First lockfrom target selected
10.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.37° / 0.44°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.83° / 1.12°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.6°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
92.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
23.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.33° / 0.44°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.43° / 1.96°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.61°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.05°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.78°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.87°
Zoom steps
29

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW4100
Registration
N312SY
Type
Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
337 kt
Altitude at closest
13,000 ft
Vertical rate
-1,600 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a34fe6

Pass geometry

Max elevation
72.5°
Elevation at start → end
27.7° → 20.3°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 143° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
4.1 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned right 16°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:43 (103.3 s)
Lock
77%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-13k — centred plane + noisy motion check no longer demotes the zoom
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
51.5 MB · 103.0 s · offset -1.3 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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