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N8312H

Piper PA-28-161 · N8312H · OAK → OAK

· 4:35Quality 76lost lockside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −83%). 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
75%
First lockfrom target selected
30.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.10° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.24° / 0.31°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
108.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
212.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.13° / 0.16°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.87° / 1.33°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.27°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.18°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.36°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.41°
Zoom steps
69

Aircraft & route

Flight
N8312H
Registration
N8312H
Type
Piper PA-28-161
Airline
—
From
OAK · Oakland
To
OAK · Oakland
Ground speed
111 kt
Altitude at closest
6,350 ft
Vertical rate
+384 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
ab5eb7

Pass geometry

Max elevation
30.3°
Elevation at start → end
17.3° → 10.6°
Azimuth at start → end
324° NW → 196° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
264° W
Minimum slant range
3.8 km
Heading at closest
180° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
4:35 (275.2 s)
Lock
75%

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
133.1 MB · 275.0 s · offset -1.3 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

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