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SKW5636 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LL · N602UX · SJC → DEN

· 0:48Quality 78side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −61%). 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
54%
First lockfrom target selected
20.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.21° / 0.13°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.27° / 0.84°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
24.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.39° / 0.24°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.97° / 1.15°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.67°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.66°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.09°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.45°
Zoom steps
40

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5636
Registration
N602UX
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LL
Airline
SkyWest
From
SJC · San Jose
To
DEN · Denver
Ground speed
292 kt
Altitude at closest
6,775 ft
Vertical rate
+2,880 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a7d085

Pass geometry

Max elevation
45.8°
Elevation at start → end
42.4° → 22.0°
Azimuth at start → end
301° WNW → 207° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
275° W
Minimum slant range
2.9 km
Heading at closest
189° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:48 (47.6 s)
Lock
54%

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
22.0 MB · 45.5 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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