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SWA3766 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 800/W · N8518R

· 0:15Quality 40shortlost 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
12%
First lockfrom target selected
7.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.76° / 0.44°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.76° / 0.47°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.0°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
4.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
3.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
2.8
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.35°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.02°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.60°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.34°
Zoom steps
14

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA3766
Registration
N8518R
Type
Boeing 737NG 800/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
296 kt
Altitude at closest
12,450 ft
Vertical rate
-1,152 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
abae8f

Pass geometry

Max elevation
13.8°
Elevation at start → end
13.8° → 11.7°
Azimuth at start → end
149° SSE → 150° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
149° SSE
Minimum slant range
15.9 km
Heading at closest
157° SSE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (9°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:15 (14.5 s)
Lock
12%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15r — keep the target past the sun; paced speed re-latch
Commit
05024bb
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
7.0 MB · 14.0 s · offset -1.0 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
-0.21
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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