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ACA757 Air Canada

· 2:12Quality 98side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −79%). 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
97%
First lockfrom target selected
4.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.10° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.28° / 0.31°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
115.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.15° / 0.17°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.07° / 1.12°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.59°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.80°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.64°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.99°
Zoom steps
16

Aircraft & route

Flight
ACA757
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
Air Canada
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
251 kt
Altitude at closest
11,350 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A3
ICAO hex
c012aa

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.2°
Elevation at start → end
24.0° → 19.1°
Azimuth at start → end
329° NNW → 140° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (14°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:12 (132.2 s)
Lock
97%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-15o — sun keep-out by the frame; no video, no pass
Commit
cb31ea0
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
63.7 MB · 129.1 s · offset -1.2 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