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EJA753 NetJets

Bombardier Challenger 350 · N753QS

· 0:46Quality 70side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −66%). 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
69%
First lockfrom target selected
11.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.48° / 0.73°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.27° / 3.03°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
24.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
28.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
6.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.16° / 0.27°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.51° / 0.94°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.52°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.43°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.63°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.79°
Zoom steps
40

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA753
Registration
N753QS
Type
Bombardier Challenger 350
Airline
NetJets
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
210 kt
Altitude at closest
2,375 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
aa269d

Pass geometry

Max elevation
74.7°
Elevation at start → end
20.3° → 13.4°
Azimuth at start → end
112° ESE → 301° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
29° NNE
Minimum slant range
742 m
Heading at closest
300° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (4°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:46 (45.9 s)
Lock
69%

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
23.0 MB · 46.0 s · offset -1.4 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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