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RKJ750

Cessna Citation X · N750GM

· 0:45Quality 85side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −73%). 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
81%
First lockfrom target selected
8.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.14° / 0.11°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.91° / 0.43°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
31.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.38° / 0.17°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.77° / 1.27°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
6.80°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.61°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.13°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.52°
Zoom steps
43

Aircraft & route

Flight
RKJ750
Registration
N750GM
Type
Cessna Citation X
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
327 kt
Altitude at closest
14,975 ft
Vertical rate
+3,968 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
aa1aab

Pass geometry

Max elevation
54.6°
Elevation at start → end
46.0° → 40.4°
Azimuth at start → end
316° NW → 221° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
273° W
Minimum slant range
5.6 km
Heading at closest
188° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:45 (45.0 s)
Lock
81%

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
9.6 MB · 45.0 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
-0.16
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