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FDX1301 FedEx

Boeing 767 300F · N291FE · SFO → MEM

· 1:40Quality 87nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −79%). 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
70%
First lockfrom target selected
27.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.30° / 0.20°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.25° / 1.66°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
44.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
60.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
15.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.19° / 0.12°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.88° / 0.55°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
2.6
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.99°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.76°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.77°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.72°
Zoom steps
59

Aircraft & route

Flight
FDX1301
Registration
N291FE
Type
Boeing 767 300F (B763)
Airline
FedEx
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
MEM · Memphis
Ground speed
167 kt
Altitude at closest
1,875 ft
Vertical rate
+2,368 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a2f9b3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
80.5°
Elevation at start → end
0.3° → 14.4°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
28° NNE
Minimum slant range
610 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (13°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:40 (100.1 s)
Lock
70%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14n — vision skyline mask 31x cheaper (loop back to ~15 Hz)
Commit
af2a83e
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
50.0 MB · 100.0 s · offset -1.3 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
-0.16
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