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JSX177 JSX Air

Embraer ERJ-135 LR · N256JX · OAK → BUR

· 1:37Quality 81side-onturned left 48°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −64%). 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
71%
First lockfrom target selected
5.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.24° / 0.35°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.68° / 0.91°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
4.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
25.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.72° / 0.39°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.75° / 1.85°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.31°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.75°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.96°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.57°
Zoom steps
69

Aircraft & route

Flight
JSX177
Registration
N256JX
Type
Embraer ERJ-135 LR
Airline
JSX Air
From
OAK · Oakland
To
BUR · Burbank
Ground speed
357 kt
Altitude at closest
12,800 ft
Vertical rate
+1,792 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a26ea6

Pass geometry

Max elevation
31.1°
Elevation at start → end
21.5° → 25.7°
Azimuth at start → end
320° NW → 187° S
Closest-approach azimuth
232° SW
Minimum slant range
7.4 km
Heading at closest
150° SSE
Aspect at closest
side-on (82°)
Turn
turned left 48°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:37 (97.0 s)
Lock
71%

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
48.5 MB · 97.0 s · offset -0.9 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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