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EJA453 NetJets

Embraer Phenom 300 · N453QS · SFO → ?

· 2:01Quality 4no planelost lockwrap pinnedside-onturned left 18°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

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
3%
First lockfrom target selected
34.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.77° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.33° / 0.34°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
8.3°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
4.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.53°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.29°
Zoom steps
97

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA453
Registration
N453QS
Type
Embraer Phenom 300
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
286 kt
Altitude at closest
13,800 ft
Vertical rate
+2,560 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a57eb0

Pass geometry

Max elevation
22.2°
Elevation at start → end
16.2° → 17.6°
Azimuth at start → end
259° W → 178° S
Closest-approach azimuth
214° SSW
Minimum slant range
10.8 km
Heading at closest
139° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (75°)
Turn
turned left 18°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
2:01 (121.4 s)
Lock
3%

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
57.9 MB · 121.0 s · offset -1.1 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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