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N88C

Bombardier Global 7500 · N88C

· 0:50Quality 88side-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
64%
First lockfrom target selected
6.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.23° / 0.25°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.69° / 2.84°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
20.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
41.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
13.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.17° / 0.16°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.85° / 0.85°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.81°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.57°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.52°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.90°
Zoom steps
31

Aircraft & route

Flight
N88C
Registration
N88C
Type
Bombardier Global 7500
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
200 kt
Altitude at closest
1,725 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ac1bae

Pass geometry

Max elevation
72.4°
Elevation at start → end
14.8° → 13.6°
Azimuth at start → end
110° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
29° NNE
Minimum slant range
538 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:50 (49.6 s)
Lock
64%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14k — loop integrates real tick time; aim lead −0.2 s
Commit
33c2b35-k
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
25.0 MB · 50.0 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
-0.28
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