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EJA296 NetJets

N296QS

· 0:26Quality 53lost locknose/tail

3D replay

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
29%
First lockfrom target selected
3.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.32° / 1.56°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
7.74° / 1.68°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.0°
Time to 8°from first lock
19.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
21.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.60°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.50°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.55°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.99°
Zoom steps
44

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA296
Registration
N296QS
Type
—
Airline
NetJets
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
212 kt
Altitude at closest
2,650 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a30d33

Pass geometry

Max elevation
28.6°
Elevation at start → end
28.6° → 11.7°
Azimuth at start → end
302° WNW → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
302° WNW
Minimum slant range
1.7 km
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (5°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:26 (25.5 s)
Lock
29%

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
11.6 MB · 23.6 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
-0.27
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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