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SKW4661 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LL · N621UX · DEN → SJC

· 1:01Quality 82lost lockside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −67%). 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
66%
First lockfrom target selected
5.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.35° / 0.23°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.68° / 0.86°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
11.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
25.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.61° / 0.21°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.52° / 1.06°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.74°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.96°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.72°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.31°
Zoom steps
36

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW4661
Registration
N621UX
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LL
Airline
SkyWest
From
DEN · Denver
To
SJC · San Jose
Ground speed
263 kt
Altitude at closest
11,350 ft
Vertical rate
+64 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a81bcc

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.9°
Elevation at start → end
22.7° → 69.9°
Azimuth at start → end
329° NNW → 50° NE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:01 (60.7 s)
Lock
66%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14i — zoom sigma grows after lock loss (0.1°/s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
30.6 MB · 61.0 s · offset -1.7 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
sigmaGrowthDps
0.1
aimLeadSec
0.59
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License