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AMX669 AeroMéxico

Boeing 737MAX 8 · XA-DAL · SFO → MEX

· 1:20Quality 90side-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
87%
First lockfrom target selected
10.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.12° / 0.15°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.25° / 0.38°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
67.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
64.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.12° / 0.21°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.71° / 1.02°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.34°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.13°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.64°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.60°
Zoom steps
20

Aircraft & route

Flight
AMX669
Registration
XA-DAL
Type
Boeing 737MAX 8
Airline
AeroMéxico
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
MEX · Mexico City
Ground speed
299 kt
Altitude at closest
7,975 ft
Vertical rate
+1,984 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
0d0e14

Pass geometry

Max elevation
17.9°
Elevation at start → end
15.2° → 14.2°
Azimuth at start → end
285° WNW → 213° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
255° WSW
Minimum slant range
7.8 km
Heading at closest
176° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (79°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:20 (80.1 s)
Lock
87%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15s — bias fold follows a ramp; no pass below the skyline
Commit
cdd2256
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
39.6 MB · 81.0 s · offset -1.7 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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