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JSX655 JSX Air

Embraer ERJ-135 LR · N257JX · OAK → LAS

· 0:57Quality 96side-on

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
93%
First lockfrom target selected
4.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.28° / 0.22°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.72° / 0.65°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
35.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.37° / 0.29°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.47° / 2.10°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
10.88°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
4.28°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.23°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.40°
Zoom steps
40

Aircraft & route

Flight
JSX655
Registration
N257JX
Type
Embraer ERJ-135 LR
Airline
JSX Air
From
OAK · Oakland
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
309 kt
Altitude at closest
10,425 ft
Vertical rate
+1,152 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a2725d

Pass geometry

Max elevation
76.8°
Elevation at start → end
38.7° → 33.2°
Azimuth at start → end
346° NNW → 185° S
Closest-approach azimuth
267° W
Minimum slant range
3.3 km
Heading at closest
177° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:57 (56.6 s)
Lock
93%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15p — selection hysteresis; auto-cal drops stale bias
Commit
b8aa462
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
27.6 MB · 55.9 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

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