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EJA453 NetJets

Embraer Phenom 300 · N453QS · SFO → ?

· 1:40Quality 86nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −80%). 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
55%
First lockfrom target selected
26.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.22° / 0.26°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.73° / 1.74°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
22.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
37.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
31.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.17° / 0.17°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.76° / 0.87°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
3.5
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.31°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.41°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.49°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.01°
Zoom steps
54

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA453
Registration
N453QS
Type
Embraer Phenom 300 (E55P)
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
194 kt
Altitude at closest
1,750 ft
Vertical rate
+2,688 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a57eb0

Pass geometry

Max elevation
88.5°
Elevation at start → end
0.5° → 14.0°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
207° SSW
Minimum slant range
564 m
Heading at closest
296° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (2°)
Turn
straight (3°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:40 (99.6 s)
Lock
55%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-14g — vision expected spot at frame time, departure pre-zoom, focus from profile, damped lead learner
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
49.5 MB · 99.0 s · offset -0.9 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
maxSpeedStepFwps
0.45
speedReachFrac
0.8
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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