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LXJ594 Flexjet

Bombardier Challenger 350 · N594FX

· 1:17Quality 89side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −81%). 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
76%
First lockfrom target selected
5.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.24° / 0.27°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.70° / 2.60°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
21.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
45.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
30.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.18° / 0.18°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.92° / 0.86°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
2.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.97°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.93°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.46°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.68°
Zoom steps
36

Aircraft & route

Flight
LXJ594
Registration
N594FX
Type
Bombardier Challenger 350
Airline
Flexjet
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
230 kt
Altitude at closest
2,250 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a7acd6

Pass geometry

Max elevation
79.5°
Elevation at start → end
15.8° → 13.5°
Azimuth at start → end
114° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
22° NNE
Minimum slant range
654 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (83°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:17 (77.1 s)
Lock
76%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14d — park, zoom guard v2, visionMiss log
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
38.5 MB · 77.0 s · offset -1.0 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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