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EJA214 NetJets

Bombardier Challenger 650 · N214QS

· 0:42Quality 87side-onturned right 16°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −69%). 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
76%
First lockfrom target selected
7.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.28° / 0.25°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.66° / 0.56°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
20.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.31° / 0.22°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.25° / 0.91°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.01°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.25°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.13°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.44°
Zoom steps
22

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA214
Registration
N214QS
Type
Bombardier Challenger 650
Airline
NetJets
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
331 kt
Altitude at closest
13,125 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a1c9cd

Pass geometry

Max elevation
72.3°
Elevation at start → end
69.3° → 32.5°
Azimuth at start → end
17° NNE → 135° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
47° NE
Minimum slant range
4.2 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (87°)
Turn
turned right 16°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:42 (41.6 s)
Lock
76%

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
21.0 MB · 42.0 s · offset -1.6 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

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