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FFT1160 Frontier

Airbus A321 211SL · N713FR · SFO → ?

· 0:29Quality 43lost 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
26%
First lockfrom target selected
5.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.83° / 1.95°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
6.09° / 3.19°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
17.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
5.0 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
8.02°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.81°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.31°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.48°
Zoom steps
43

Aircraft & route

Flight
FFT1160
Registration
N713FR
Type
Airbus A321 211SL
Airline
Frontier
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
261 kt
Altitude at closest
3,475 ft
Vertical rate
+1,536 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a987bf

Pass geometry

Max elevation
17.9°
Elevation at start → end
17.9° → 13.4°
Azimuth at start → end
325° NW → 278° W
Closest-approach azimuth
322° NW
Minimum slant range
3.5 km
Heading at closest
243° WSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (80°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:29 (29.0 s)
Lock
26%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15u — driver limits live (tilt range follows the slip)
Commit
82eb706
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
14.5 MB · 29.0 s · offset -1.2 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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