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DAL1862 Delta Air Lines

Boeing 737NG 832/W · N374DA · SFO → ?

· 1:52Quality 94side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −76%). 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
90%
First lockfrom target selected
10.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.11° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.29° / 0.28°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
77.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
92.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.18° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.06° / 0.83°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.86°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.72°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.67°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.94°
Zoom steps
24

Aircraft & route

Flight
DAL1862
Registration
N374DA
Type
Boeing 737NG 832/W
Airline
Delta Air Lines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
296 kt
Altitude at closest
8,675 ft
Vertical rate
+3,392 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a442f3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
29.8°
Elevation at start → end
17.2° → 15.0°
Azimuth at start → end
320° NW → 203° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
259° W
Minimum slant range
5.2 km
Heading at closest
182° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (77°)
Turn
straight (4°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:52 (112.1 s)
Lock
90%

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
56.0 MB · 112.0 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
-0.11
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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