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DAL1715 Delta Air Lines

Boeing 737NG 832/W · N3757D · SFO → ?

· 0:32Quality 4no planelost locknose/tailturned left 39°

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
11%
First lockfrom target selected
24.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
5.61° / 2.76°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
5.96° / 2.98°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.0°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.4 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
1.48°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.75°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.55°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
4.29°
Zoom steps
58

Aircraft & route

Flight
DAL1715
Registration
N3757D
Type
Boeing 737NG 832/W
Airline
Delta Air Lines
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
320 kt
Altitude at closest
11,025 ft
Vertical rate
+1,728 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a449af

Pass geometry

Max elevation
14.3°
Elevation at start → end
14.3° → 11.7°
Azimuth at start → end
197° SSW → 185° S
Closest-approach azimuth
197° SSW
Minimum slant range
13.7 km
Heading at closest
174° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (23°)
Turn
turned left 39°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:32 (32.0 s)
Lock
11%

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
14.1 MB · 29.2 s · offset -1.5 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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