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SKW939E SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N189SY · SFO → ?

· 1:16Quality 91side-onturned 18°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −69%). 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
81%
First lockfrom target selected
6.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.37° / 0.21°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.11° / 0.66°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
55.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
12.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.49° / 0.35°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.52° / 1.44°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.31°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.29°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.40°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.80°
Zoom steps
41

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW939E
Registration
N189SY
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
298 kt
Altitude at closest
8,800 ft
Vertical rate
+2,432 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a163c2

Pass geometry

Max elevation
39.4°
Elevation at start → end
18.9° → 23.9°
Azimuth at start → end
331° NNW → 213° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
269° W
Minimum slant range
4.2 km
Heading at closest
185° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (84°)
Turn
turned 18°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:16 (75.9 s)
Lock
81%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14e — feedforward in head axes
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
38.0 MB · 76.0 s · offset -1.7 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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