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N71TG

Epic Aircraft Company Epic E1000 · N71TG

· 0:17Quality 52lost lockside-on

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
0%
First lockfrom target selected
—
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
—
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
—
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
8.3°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.58°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.00°
Zoom steps
19

Aircraft & route

Flight
N71TG
Registration
N71TG
Type
Epic Aircraft Company Epic E1000
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
161 kt
Altitude at closest
10,225 ft
Vertical rate
+2,240 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
a97b64

Pass geometry

Max elevation
16.8°
Elevation at start → end
16.1° → 16.8°
Azimuth at start → end
260° W → 252° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
252° WSW
Minimum slant range
10.7 km
Heading at closest
173° 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
0:17 (16.5 s)
Lock
0%

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
8.0 MB · 16.0 s · offset -1.0 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
-0.03
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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