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FDX265 FedEx

Boeing 767 300F · N158FE · OAK → GDL

· 0:39Quality 93side-onturned left 18°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −84%). 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
78%
First lockfrom target selected
7.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.07° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.17° / 0.32°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
24.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.09° / 0.13°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.42° / 0.67°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.92°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.36°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.83°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.07°
Zoom steps
22

Aircraft & route

Flight
FDX265
Registration
N158FE
Type
Boeing 767 300F
Airline
FedEx
From
OAK · Oakland
To
GDL · Guadalajara
Ground speed
304 kt
Altitude at closest
11,950 ft
Vertical rate
+2,560 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a0e869

Pass geometry

Max elevation
29.2°
Elevation at start → end
28.1° → 27.8°
Azimuth at start → end
279° W → 228° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
247° WSW
Minimum slant range
7.1 km
Heading at closest
167° SSE
Aspect at closest
side-on (80°)
Turn
turned left 18°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:39 (39.0 s)
Lock
78%

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
19.2 MB · 39.0 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