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QXE9988 Horizon Air

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N642QX

· 1:08Quality 93side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −84%). 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
90%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.10° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.31° / 0.40°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
38.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
55.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.18° / 0.16°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.08° / 0.77°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.59°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.82°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.44°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.26°
Zoom steps
29

Aircraft & route

Flight
QXE9988
Registration
N642QX
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
Horizon Air
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
322 kt
Altitude at closest
11,825 ft
Vertical rate
+2,112 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a86e1d

Pass geometry

Max elevation
40.5°
Elevation at start → end
40.5° → 18.6°
Azimuth at start → end
260° W → 205° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
260° W
Minimum slant range
5.6 km
Heading at closest
187° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (73°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:08 (68.1 s)
Lock
90%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16a — main b067f99 (review cleanup)
Commit
b067f99
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
32.2 MB · 67.5 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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