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QXE2493 Horizon Air

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N622QX · SFO → LAX

· 0:50Quality 51lost 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
10%
First lockfrom target selected
9.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
4.83° / 2.88°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
6.83° / 4.10°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
40.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.9 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
0.30°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.87°
Zoom steps
39

Aircraft & route

Flight
QXE2493
Registration
N622QX
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
Horizon Air
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
LAX · Los Angeles
Ground speed
289 kt
Altitude at closest
8,000 ft
Vertical rate
+2,752 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a81f1f

Pass geometry

Max elevation
20.7°
Elevation at start → end
20.7° → 12.2°
Azimuth at start → end
196° SSW → 193° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
196° SSW
Minimum slant range
7.0 km
Heading at closest
191° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (5°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:50 (50.4 s)
Lock
10%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14j — zoom re-sent when the lens never took it up
Commit
4521bca
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
25.5 MB · 51.0 s · offset -1.5 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
0.51
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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