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TZP26 ZIPAIR

Boeing 787-8 · JA850J · NRT → SFO

· 2:08Quality 92side-onturned 15°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −75%). 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
74%
First lockfrom target selected
5.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.64° / 0.18°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.22° / 0.39°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
116.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
50.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.71° / 0.19°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
3.03° / 0.81°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.76°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.80°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.59°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.43°
Zoom steps
79

Aircraft & route

Flight
TZP26
Registration
JA850J
Type
Boeing 787-8
Airline
ZIPAIR
From
NRT · Tokyo
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
275 kt
Altitude at closest
11,275 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A5
ICAO hex
86e036

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.9°
Elevation at start → end
28.0° → 15.6°
Azimuth at start → end
331° NNW → 142° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
turned 15°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:08 (127.8 s)
Lock
74%

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
64.2 MB · 128.0 s · offset -1.4 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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