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N71MB

Textron Aviation Citation CJ3+ · N71MB

· 2:49Quality 87lost lockside-onturned right 27°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −82%). 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
91%
First lockfrom target selected
9.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.12° / 0.11°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.29° / 0.27°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
11.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
155.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.94° / 0.82°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.50°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.63°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.54°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.76°
Zoom steps
11

Aircraft & route

Flight
N71MB
Registration
N71MB
Type
Textron Aviation Citation CJ3+
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
242 kt
Altitude at closest
11,475 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
a97ac9

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.4°
Elevation at start → end
17.7° → 16.1°
Azimuth at start → end
326° NNW → 143° 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 27°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:49 (169.1 s)
Lock
91%

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
83.2 MB · 166.9 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

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