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EJA453 NetJets

Embraer Phenom 300 · N453QS

· 1:49Quality 88side-onturned 33°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −70%). 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
93%
First lockfrom target selected
4.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.28° / 0.17°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.90° / 0.59°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
99.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
53.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.29° / 0.21°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.59° / 1.11°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.29°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.26°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.77°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.11°
Zoom steps
25

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA453
Registration
N453QS
Type
Embraer Phenom 300
Airline
NetJets
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
266 kt
Altitude at closest
11,325 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a57eb0

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.9°
Elevation at start → end
33.0° → 19.2°
Azimuth at start → end
334° NNW → 142° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned 33°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:49 (109.1 s)
Lock
93%

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
54.5 MB · 109.0 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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