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DAL2078 Delta Air Lines

Airbus A321 211SL · N352DN

· 1:04Quality 95side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −80%). 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
82%
First lockfrom target selected
8.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.24° / 0.21°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.11° / 0.43°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
23.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.18° / 0.23°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.88° / 0.89°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.14°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.64°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.67°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.94°
Zoom steps
26

Aircraft & route

Flight
DAL2078
Registration
N352DN
Type
Airbus A321 211SL
Airline
Delta Air Lines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
269 kt
Altitude at closest
11,275 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a3ec93

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.4°
Elevation at start → end
23.1° → 70.2°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 59° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
49° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:04 (63.7 s)
Lock
82%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13l — log why the zoom ladder moved
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
32.1 MB · 64.0 s · offset -1.6 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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