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N114VR

Cessna Citation Bravo · N114VR

· 0:28Quality 71side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −72%). 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
59%
First lockfrom target selected
7.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.20°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.62° / 0.62°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
13.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
8.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.22° / 0.17°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.87° / 0.46°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.22°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.14°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.03°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.84°
Zoom steps
27

Aircraft & route

Flight
N114VR
Registration
N114VR
Type
Cessna Citation Bravo
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
291 kt
Altitude at closest
11,100 ft
Vertical rate
-896 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
a03cfa

Pass geometry

Max elevation
26.8°
Elevation at start → end
25.4° → 26.0°
Azimuth at start → end
353° N → 27° NNE
Closest-approach azimuth
14° NNE
Minimum slant range
7.5 km
Heading at closest
107° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (87°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:28 (27.6 s)
Lock
59%

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
13.5 MB · 27.0 s · offset -0.8 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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