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DAL2267 Delta Air Lines

Boeing 737NG 832/W · N385DN · SFO → LAX

· 0:41Quality 88side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −74%). 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
82%
First lockfrom target selected
6.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.35° / 0.17°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.77° / 0.62°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
19.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.30° / 0.22°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.34° / 0.85°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.81°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.63°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.39°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.63°
Zoom steps
15

Aircraft & route

Flight
DAL2267
Registration
N385DN
Type
Boeing 737NG 832/W
Airline
Delta Air Lines
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
LAX · Los Angeles
Ground speed
289 kt
Altitude at closest
7,200 ft
Vertical rate
+3,392 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a46e35

Pass geometry

Max elevation
30.4°
Elevation at start → end
18.5° → 27.8°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 250° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
273° W
Minimum slant range
4.3 km
Heading at closest
194° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (79°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:41 (41.2 s)
Lock
82%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14l — vision lock coasts with the plane; a zoom ends a focus drive
Commit
f5b573a
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
20.5 MB · 41.0 s · offset -1.1 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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