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FFT2486 Frontier

Airbus A320neo · N413FR · SFO → LAS

· 0:36Quality 84side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −55%). 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
77%
First lockfrom target selected
6.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.19° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.79° / 0.35°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
22.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.21° / 0.13°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.01° / 0.64°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.5
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.98°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.03°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.19°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.47°
Zoom steps
17

Aircraft & route

Flight
FFT2486
Registration
N413FR
Type
Airbus A320neo
Airline
Frontier
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
298 kt
Altitude at closest
8,475 ft
Vertical rate
+3,264 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a4dfd2

Pass geometry

Max elevation
26.6°
Elevation at start → end
19.8° → 26.3°
Azimuth at start → end
301° WNW → 246° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
256° WSW
Minimum slant range
5.7 km
Heading at closest
176° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (80°)
Turn
straight (9°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:36 (35.5 s)
Lock
77%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15t — vertical rate falls back to geom_rate (server)
Commit
218644c
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
16.2 MB · 33.7 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
-0.09
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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