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EJA863 NetJets

C700 · N863QS · SFO → ?

· 1:19Quality 81lost locknose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −68%). 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
52%
First lockfrom target selected
27.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.26° / 0.40°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.05° / 1.81°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
43.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
29.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.26° / 0.28°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.40° / 1.39°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.7
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.83°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.44°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.91°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.94°
Zoom steps
58

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA863
Registration
N863QS
Type
C700
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
207 kt
Altitude at closest
1,850 ft
Vertical rate
+2,816 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
abdb6b

Pass geometry

Max elevation
83.2°
Elevation at start → end
0.2° → 11.8°
Azimuth at start → end
117° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
17° NNE
Minimum slant range
594 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (8°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:19 (79.1 s)
Lock
52%

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
40.0 MB · 80.0 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

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License