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SKW6277 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LL · N508SY · SFO → ?

· 1:35Quality 90side-onturned left 20°Overhead

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −64%). 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
8.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.62° / 0.43°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.81° / 1.59°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.9°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
85.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
19.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.24° / 0.45°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.97° / 2.29°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
4.5
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.41°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.40°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.13°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.36°
Zoom steps
64

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW6277
Registration
N508SY
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LL
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
293 kt
Altitude at closest
8,525 ft
Vertical rate
+2,112 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a6594f

Pass geometry

Max elevation
65.0°
Elevation at start → end
19.3° → 22.8°
Azimuth at start → end
347° NNW → 185° S
Closest-approach azimuth
264° W
Minimum slant range
2.9 km
Heading at closest
176° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
turned left 20°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
Yes — camera flipped over the top
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:35 (94.8 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
2026-10-14d — park, zoom guard v2, visionMiss log
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
47.0 MB · 94.0 s · offset -0.9 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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