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TCN790

Cessna Citation X · N790XJ

· 1:00Quality 81nose/tail

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
69%
First lockfrom target selected
4.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.54° / 0.52°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.98° / 2.30°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.5°
Time to 8°from first lock
27.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
51.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
14.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.23° / 0.27°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.76° / 0.92°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
4.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.61°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.68°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.25°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.34°
Zoom steps
46

Aircraft & route

Flight
TCN790
Registration
N790XJ
Type
Cessna Citation X
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
193 kt
Altitude at closest
2,375 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
aaba1b

Pass geometry

Max elevation
88.0°
Elevation at start → end
14.8° → 13.2°
Azimuth at start → end
117° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
200° SSW
Minimum slant range
711 m
Heading at closest
296° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (3°)
Turn
straight (4°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:00 (60.1 s)
Lock
69%

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
30.0 MB · 60.0 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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