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FFT2486 Frontier

Airbus A320neo · N402FR · SFO → LAS

· 0:34Quality 52lost lockside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −55%). 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
14%
First lockfrom target selected
29.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.30° / 0.17°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.79° / 0.29°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.33°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.15°
Zoom steps
39

Aircraft & route

Flight
FFT2486
Registration
N402FR
Type
Airbus A320neo
Airline
Frontier
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
310 kt
Altitude at closest
10,125 ft
Vertical rate
+1,408 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a4b49c

Pass geometry

Max elevation
34.0°
Elevation at start → end
28.2° → 31.2°
Azimuth at start → end
304° NW → 243° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
269° W
Minimum slant range
5.5 km
Heading at closest
183° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (86°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:34 (34.1 s)
Lock
14%

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
17.5 MB · 35.0 s · offset -1.8 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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