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ASA1403 Alaska

Boeing 737MAX 9 · N924AK · AUS → SFO

· 1:21Quality 93side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −78%). 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
88%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.35° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.35° / 0.52°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
9.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
11.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
45.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.39° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.89° / 0.73°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.26°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.00°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.79°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.11°
Zoom steps
23

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA1403
Registration
N924AK
Type
Boeing 737MAX 9
Airline
Alaska
From
AUS · Austin
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
302 kt
Altitude at closest
10,825 ft
Vertical rate
-2,048 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
accd10

Pass geometry

Max elevation
26.2°
Elevation at start → end
21.5° → 16.7°
Azimuth at start → end
336° NNW → 62° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
9° N
Minimum slant range
7.4 km
Heading at closest
107° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (82°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:21 (81.2 s)
Lock
88%

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
40.5 MB · 81.0 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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