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N76YT

Cessna Citation CJ1+ · N76YT

· 1:14Quality 70lost locknose/tailturned left 37°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −50%). 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
54%
First lockfrom target selected
5.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.32° / 0.18°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.47° / 1.02°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
12.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
31.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.15° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.65° / 0.56°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.3
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.44°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.88°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.28°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
4.17°
Zoom steps
30

Aircraft & route

Flight
N76YT
Registration
N76YT
Type
Cessna Citation CJ1+
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
272 kt
Altitude at closest
11,950 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A1
ICAO hex
aa4167

Pass geometry

Max elevation
30.8°
Elevation at start → end
30.8° → 14.9°
Azimuth at start → end
151° SSE → 155° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
151° SSE
Minimum slant range
7.1 km
Heading at closest
174° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (23°)
Turn
turned left 37°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:14 (73.7 s)
Lock
54%

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
37.0 MB · 74.0 s · offset -1.6 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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