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WJA1500 WestJet

Boeing 737MAX 8 · C-GRAG

· 2:17Quality 83lost lockside-onturned right 24°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −77%). 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
73%
First lockfrom target selected
3.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.12° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.43° / 0.55°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
8.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
73.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
101.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.20° / 0.19°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.61° / 1.62°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.5
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.35°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.60°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.43°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.63°
Zoom steps
40

Aircraft & route

Flight
WJA1500
Registration
C-GRAG
Type
Boeing 737MAX 8
Airline
WestJet
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
243 kt
Altitude at closest
11,475 ft
Vertical rate
+64 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
c07193

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.2°
Elevation at start → end
60.5° → 11.1°
Azimuth at start → end
359° N → 146° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned right 24°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:17 (136.6 s)
Lock
73%

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
66.4 MB · 134.9 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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