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N616PJ

Cessna 182Q · N616PJ · SQL → SQL

· 1:13Quality 81side-onDead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −65%). 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
72%
First lockfrom target selected
7.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.49° / 0.32°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
5.04° / 0.94°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
22.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
32.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.48° / 0.43°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.07° / 2.10°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
11.59°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
5.75°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.72°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.67°
Zoom steps
53

Aircraft & route

Flight
N616PJ
Registration
N616PJ
Type
Cessna 182Q
Airline
—
From
SQL · San Carlos
To
SQL · San Carlos
Ground speed
118 kt
Altitude at closest
1,900 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
a80656

Pass geometry

Max elevation
51.5°
Elevation at start → end
12.5° → 17.7°
Azimuth at start → end
183° S → 343° NNW
Closest-approach azimuth
268° W
Minimum slant range
762 m
Heading at closest
358° N
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (11°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:13 (72.6 s)
Lock
72%

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
36.0 MB · 72.1 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