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LXJ465 Flexjet

Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G450) · N465FX · SFO → ?

· 1:22Quality 87nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −72%). 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
60%
First lockfrom target selected
21.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.61° / 0.37°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.93° / 3.74°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
32.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
47.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
18.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.30° / 0.22°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.24° / 0.85°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.13°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.83°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.90°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.47°
Zoom steps
51

Aircraft & route

Flight
LXJ465
Registration
N465FX
Type
Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G450) (GLF4)
Airline
Flexjet
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
209 kt
Altitude at closest
2,300 ft
Vertical rate
+2,432 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a5acc1

Pass geometry

Max elevation
84.2°
Elevation at start → end
0.7° → 13.8°
Azimuth at start → end
117° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
19° NNE
Minimum slant range
736 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (8°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:22 (81.5 s)
Lock
60%

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
41.0 MB · 82.0 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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