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SKW3210 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N195SY · SFO → ?

· 0:47Quality 86side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −63%). 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
86%
First lockfrom target selected
4.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.40° / 0.23°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.68° / 1.38°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
28.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.67° / 0.51°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.47° / 2.54°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.66°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.29°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.49°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
4.86°
Zoom steps
32

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW3210
Registration
N195SY
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
279 kt
Altitude at closest
6,625 ft
Vertical rate
+1,984 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a17c65

Pass geometry

Max elevation
46.3°
Elevation at start → end
19.1° → 36.3°
Azimuth at start → end
344° NNW → 232° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
276° W
Minimum slant range
2.8 km
Heading at closest
192° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (84°)
Turn
straight (10°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:47 (47.0 s)
Lock
86%

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
23.5 MB · 47.0 s · offset -1.5 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