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N117NT

N117NT

· 0:18Quality 72nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −68%). 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
66%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.17° / 0.20°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.48° / 0.92°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
10.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.16° / 0.34°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.65° / 1.17°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
2.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.82°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.01°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.59°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.51°
Zoom steps
12

Aircraft & route

Flight
N117NT
Registration
N117NT
Type
—
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
240 kt
Altitude at closest
2,800 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a04772

Pass geometry

Max elevation
20.9°
Elevation at start → end
20.9° → 11.6°
Azimuth at start → end
300° WNW → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
300° WNW
Minimum slant range
2.4 km
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (3°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:18 (17.7 s)
Lock
66%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15q — drive speed latched at the lens position; measured speed bytes only; auto-cal keeps gains
Commit
44f2d6a
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
8.2 MB · 17.0 s · offset -0.8 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
-0.11
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