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VJA307 Vista America

Bombardier Challenger 300 · N307JE

· 0:54Quality 69lost locknose/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
60%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.41° / 0.38°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.28° / 1.09°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.9°
Time to 8°from first lock
8.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
47.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
9.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.64° / 0.33°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.00° / 1.17°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
11.07°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
8.02°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.25°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.52°
Zoom steps
50

Aircraft & route

Flight
VJA307
Registration
N307JE
Type
Bombardier Challenger 300
Airline
Vista America
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
193 kt
Altitude at closest
2,325 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a33a20

Pass geometry

Max elevation
87.8°
Elevation at start → end
16.8° → 13.5°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 297° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
201° SSW
Minimum slant range
720 m
Heading at closest
294° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (3°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:54 (53.5 s)
Lock
60%

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
26.5 MB · 53.0 s · offset -0.9 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

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