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EJA745 NetJets

Bombardier BD-100-1A10 · N745QS · SFO → BHM

· 0:52Quality 83nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −62%). 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
4.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.49° / 0.35°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.15° / 2.00°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
23.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
44.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
8.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.18° / 0.11°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.61° / 0.46°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.24°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.79°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.58°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.95°
Zoom steps
45

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA745
Registration
N745QS
Type
Bombardier BD-100-1A10
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
BHM · Birmingham
Ground speed
211 kt
Altitude at closest
1,975 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
aa068c

Pass geometry

Max elevation
84.6°
Elevation at start → end
16.8° → 13.1°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
27° NNE
Minimum slant range
584 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (5°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:52 (52.0 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
26.5 MB · 53.0 s · offset -1.8 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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