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SKW4100 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N259SY

· 1:12Quality 83lost locknose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −79%). 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
81%
First lockfrom target selected
9.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.10° / 0.17°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.22° / 0.34°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
17.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
54.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.11° / 0.24°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.61° / 1.57°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.4
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.99°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.84°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.33°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.25°
Zoom steps
31

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW4100
Registration
N259SY
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
302 kt
Altitude at closest
12,575 ft
Vertical rate
-128 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a27a94

Pass geometry

Max elevation
39.8°
Elevation at start → end
39.8° → 13.0°
Azimuth at start → end
128° SE → 148° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
128° SE
Minimum slant range
6.0 km
Heading at closest
151° SSE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (22°)
Turn
straight (6°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:12 (72.0 s)
Lock
81%

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
33.3 MB · 67.6 s · offset -0.9 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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