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SKW3462 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N197SY · SFO → ?

· 0:36Quality 77side-onturned left 18°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −65%). 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
72%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.45° / 0.54°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.37° / 1.48°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.0°
Time to 8°from first lock
10.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
17.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.16° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.55° / 0.40°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.43°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.60°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.39°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.17°
Zoom steps
24

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW3462
Registration
N197SY
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
292 kt
Altitude at closest
8,150 ft
Vertical rate
+2,688 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a183d3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
42.1°
Elevation at start → end
19.2° → 42.1°
Azimuth at start → end
329° NNW → 265° W
Closest-approach azimuth
265° W
Minimum slant range
3.8 km
Heading at closest
176° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned left 18°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:36 (35.8 s)
Lock
72%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14b — steady overhead park, zoom travel guard
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
18.0 MB · 36.0 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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