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CBC861

N861CB

· 1:23Quality 83lost lockside-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
71%
First lockfrom target selected
1.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.31° / 0.31°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.85° / 1.61°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
22.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
49.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
38.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.36° / 0.35°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.56° / 1.57°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
4.5
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.48°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.26°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.38°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.54°
Zoom steps
42

Aircraft & route

Flight
CBC861
Registration
N861CB
Type
—
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
231 kt
Altitude at closest
1,700 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
abd2c2

Pass geometry

Max elevation
79.8°
Elevation at start → end
16.5° → 13.9°
Azimuth at start → end
113° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
30° NNE
Minimum slant range
511 m
Heading at closest
296° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (86°)
Turn
straight (12°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:23 (82.7 s)
Lock
71%

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
41.0 MB · 82.0 s · offset -0.8 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

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License