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VJT741 VistaJet

Bombardier Global 6000 · 9H-VJE · SFO → ?

· 1:11Quality 91nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −69%). 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
67%
First lockfrom target selected
18.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.25° / 0.46°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.58° / 1.74°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
22.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
45.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
22.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.20° / 0.29°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.14° / 1.53°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.8
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.12°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.12°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.17°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.31°
Zoom steps
55

Aircraft & route

Flight
VJT741
Registration
9H-VJE
Type
Bombardier Global 6000
Airline
VistaJet
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
169 kt
Altitude at closest
1,875 ft
Vertical rate
+4,160 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
4d2089

Pass geometry

Max elevation
81.1°
Elevation at start → end
1.2° → 11.9°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
19° NNE
Minimum slant range
592 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (12°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:11 (71.3 s)
Lock
67%

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
35.5 MB · 71.0 s · offset -0.8 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

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