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EJA645 NetJets

Textron Aviation Citation Latitude · N645QS

· 2:06Quality 84side-onturned left 26°

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
94%
First lockfrom target selected
4.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.14° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.51° / 0.39°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
9.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
91.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
110.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.24° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.03° / 0.97°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.68°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.33°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.59°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.37°
Zoom steps
33

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA645
Registration
N645QS
Type
Textron Aviation Citation Latitude
Airline
NetJets
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
311 kt
Altitude at closest
13,225 ft
Vertical rate
+3,712 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a8793d

Pass geometry

Max elevation
33.1°
Elevation at start → end
19.2° → 20.1°
Azimuth at start → end
4° N → 112° ESE
Closest-approach azimuth
57° ENE
Minimum slant range
7.2 km
Heading at closest
136° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (79°)
Turn
turned left 26°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:06 (126.3 s)
Lock
94%

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
56.0 MB · 115.2 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
-0.16
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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