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EJA745 NetJets

Bombardier BD-100-1A10 · N745QS · SFO → BHM

· 1:24Quality 72wrap pinnedside-onturned left 44°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −74%). 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
50%
First lockfrom target selected
9.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.54° / 0.46°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.27° / 1.17°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
5.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
10.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.59° / 0.56°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.66° / 1.63°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.25°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.50°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.93°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.07°
Zoom steps
53

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA745
Registration
N745QS
Type
Bombardier BD-100-1A10
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
BHM · Birmingham
Ground speed
370 kt
Altitude at closest
15,900 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
aa068c

Pass geometry

Max elevation
47.7°
Elevation at start → end
23.9° → 37.0°
Azimuth at start → end
323° NW → 177° S
Closest-approach azimuth
238° WSW
Minimum slant range
6.4 km
Heading at closest
156° SSE
Aspect at closest
side-on (83°)
Turn
turned left 44°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:24 (84.3 s)
Lock
50%

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
42.0 MB · 84.0 s · offset -1.1 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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