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N62TV

Bell 206L Long Ranger IV · N62TV · HWD → HWD

· 0:18Quality 67low zoomside-on

3D replay

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
65%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
7.08° / 1.51°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
23.98° / 5.49°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
13.6°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
9.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
5.19°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.69°
Zoom steps
9

Aircraft & route

Flight
N62TV
Registration
N62TV
Type
Bell 206L Long Ranger IV
Airline
—
From
HWD · Hayward
To
HWD · Hayward
Ground speed
98 kt
Altitude at closest
775 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A7
ICAO hex
a815a1

Pass geometry

Max elevation
48.0°
Elevation at start → end
48.0° → 14.4°
Azimuth at start → end
95° E → 22° NNE
Closest-approach azimuth
95° E
Minimum slant range
335 m
Heading at closest
7° N
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (8°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:18 (18.0 s)
Lock
65%

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
9.0 MB · 18.0 s · offset -1.1 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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