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XAA3031

· 0:53Quality 86nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −71%). 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
62%
First lockfrom target selected
15.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.56° / 0.67°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
5.18° / 3.70°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
25.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
37.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
8.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.17° / 0.13°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.65° / 0.52°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.75°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.15°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.37°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
4.82°
Zoom steps
52

Aircraft & route

Flight
XAA3031
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
204 kt
Altitude at closest
1,400 ft
Vertical rate
+2,944 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a092cf

Pass geometry

Max elevation
86.2°
Elevation at start → end
0.0° → 14.0°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
27° NNE
Minimum slant range
459 m
Heading at closest
295° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (3°)
Turn
straight (5°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:53 (53.2 s)
Lock
62%

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
27.0 MB · 54.0 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