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EJA627 NetJets

Textron Aviation Citation Latitude · N627QS · SFO → ?

· 4:23Quality 94nose/tailturned left 141°

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
88%
First lockfrom target selected
29.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.11° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.36°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
46.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
211.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.19° / 0.19°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.01° / 1.43°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.6
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.15°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
5.75°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.40°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.47°
Zoom steps
64

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA627
Registration
N627QS
Type
Textron Aviation Citation Latitude (C68A)
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
210 kt
Altitude at closest
2,625 ft
Vertical rate
+4,096 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a831ad

Pass geometry

Max elevation
83.7°
Elevation at start → end
0.1° → 20.9°
Azimuth at start → end
120° ESE → 208° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
212° SSW
Minimum slant range
838 m
Heading at closest
299° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (10°)
Turn
turned left 141°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
4:23 (263.1 s)
Lock
88%

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
130.7 MB · 261.9 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

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