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JBU633 JetBlue

BOS → SFO

· 0:32Quality 92side-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
81%
First lockfrom target selected
4.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.44° / 0.20°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.31° / 0.60°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
20.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.29° / 0.23°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.58° / 0.98°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
6.29°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.23°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.12°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.11°
Zoom steps
26

Aircraft & route

Flight
JBU633
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
JetBlue
From
BOS · Boston
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
255 kt
Altitude at closest
11,375 ft
Vertical rate
-64 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a1dab3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.0°
Elevation at start → end
69.3° → 40.6°
Azimuth at start → end
35° NE → 121° ESE
Closest-approach azimuth
49° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:32 (31.7 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
13.7 MB · 28.7 s · offset -1.5 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