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EJA495 NetJets

E55P · N495QS · SFO → ?

· 1:13Quality 77nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −67%). 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
54%
First lockfrom target selected
26.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.48° / 0.62°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.97° / 2.40°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
46.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
8.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.18° / 0.21°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.57° / 0.95°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.41°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.99°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.47°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.86°
Zoom steps
48

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA495
Registration
N495QS
Type
E55P
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
223 kt
Altitude at closest
2,500 ft
Vertical rate
+2,304 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
a6241a

Pass geometry

Max elevation
88.7°
Elevation at start → end
1.1° → 13.4°
Azimuth at start → end
117° ESE → 297° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
231° SW
Minimum slant range
802 m
Heading at closest
296° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (2°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:13 (73.2 s)
Lock
54%

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
36.5 MB · 73.0 s · offset -0.8 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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