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VJT741 VistaJet

Bombardier Global 6000 · 9H-VJE · KIR → CDC

· 0:50Quality 91side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −78%). 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
83%
First lockfrom target selected
9.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.19° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.39° / 0.26°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
24.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.21° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.84° / 0.82°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.76°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.15°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.57°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.46°
Zoom steps
21

Aircraft & route

Flight
VJT741
Registration
9H-VJE
Type
Bombardier Global 6000
Airline
VistaJet
From
KIR · Killarney
To
CDC · Cedar City
Ground speed
256 kt
Altitude at closest
10,150 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A3
ICAO hex
4d2089

Pass geometry

Max elevation
26.9°
Elevation at start → end
26.9° → 15.8°
Azimuth at start → end
25° NNE → 67° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
25° NNE
Minimum slant range
6.9 km
Heading at closest
111° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (86°)
Turn
straight (4°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:50 (50.0 s)
Lock
83%

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
25.0 MB · 50.0 s · offset -1.4 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
-0.22
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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