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SKW4753 SkyWest

Bombardier CRJ 200LR · N947SW · Departing SFO

· 1:35Quality 91side-onturned 17°Dead-zone wrap

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 —
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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
80%
First lockfrom target selected
6.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.77° / 0.38°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.05° / 1.01°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
87.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
17.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.47° / 0.33°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.36° / 1.41°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.75°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.29°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.05°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.80°
Zoom steps
61

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW4753
Registration
N947SW
Type
Bombardier CRJ 200LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
—
Ground speed
290 kt
Altitude at closest
8,000 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
ad28ce

Pass geometry

Max elevation
41.7°
Elevation at start → end
19.1° → 17.8°
Azimuth at start → end
339° NNW → 206° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
273° W
Minimum slant range
3.6 km
Heading at closest
188° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
turned 17°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:35 (94.8 s)
Lock
80%

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
47.0 MB · 94.0 s · offset -0.8 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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