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PFT103

Cessna 560XL · N103ML

· 0:33nose/tail

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
72%
First lockfrom target selected
6.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.14° / 0.37°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.34° / 1.19°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
25.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
14.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.11° / 0.34°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.44° / 1.48°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
3.6
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.77°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.98°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.46°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.59°
Zoom steps
22

Aircraft & route

Flight
PFT103
Registration
N103ML
Type
Cessna 560XL
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
324 kt
Altitude at closest
13,400 ft
Vertical rate
+2,816 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a010f7

Pass geometry

Max elevation
50.8°
Elevation at start → end
50.8° → 27.2°
Azimuth at start → end
209° SSW → 197° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
209° SSW
Minimum slant range
5.3 km
Heading at closest
190° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (19°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:33 (33.0 s)
Lock
72%

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
16.5 MB · 33.0 s · offset -1.3 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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