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SKW5502 SkyWest

Bombardier CRJ 200ER · N693BR · Departing SFO

· 1:38Quality 84side-onturned left 19°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −59%). 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
73%
First lockfrom target selected
7.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.63° / 0.39°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.97° / 0.97°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
4.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
30.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.53° / 0.35°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.73° / 1.70°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.7
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
17.63°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.64°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.23°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.68°
Zoom steps
52

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5502
Registration
N693BR
Type
Bombardier CRJ 200ER
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
—
Ground speed
286 kt
Altitude at closest
7,750 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a93604

Pass geometry

Max elevation
38.8°
Elevation at start → end
19.1° → 17.6°
Azimuth at start → end
342° NNW → 207° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
279° W
Minimum slant range
3.8 km
Heading at closest
189° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned left 19°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:38 (98.2 s)
Lock
73%

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
49.6 MB · 99.0 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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