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AMX669 AeroMéxico

Boeing 737-8 MAX · XA-GNS

· 0:43Quality 66soft focusside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −63%). 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
62%
First lockfrom target selected
8.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.65° / 0.24°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.51° / 0.50°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
8.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
12.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.63° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.41° / 0.70°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
7.39°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.34°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.46°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.68°
Zoom steps
21

Aircraft & route

Flight
AMX669
Registration
XA-GNS
Type
Boeing 737-8 MAX
Airline
AeroMéxico
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
287 kt
Altitude at closest
6,425 ft
Vertical rate
+1,984 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
0d0eb6

Pass geometry

Max elevation
27.2°
Elevation at start → end
16.8° → 24.4°
Azimuth at start → end
312° NW → 235° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
262° W
Minimum slant range
4.3 km
Heading at closest
180° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (83°)
Turn
straight (5°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:43 (42.5 s)
Lock
62%

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
21.0 MB · 42.0 s · offset -1.2 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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