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FFT4158 Frontier

Airbus A320 251NSL · N343FR · SFO → LAS

· 0:24Quality 84side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −71%). 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
71%
First lockfrom target selected
6.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.34° / 0.21°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.29° / 1.55°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
10.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.33° / 0.16°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.12° / 0.69°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.51°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.46°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.31°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.06°
Zoom steps
40

Aircraft & route

Flight
FFT4158
Registration
N343FR
Type
Airbus A320 251NSL
Airline
Frontier
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
294 kt
Altitude at closest
9,850 ft
Vertical rate
+3,456 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a3c900

Pass geometry

Max elevation
34.8°
Elevation at start → end
26.3° → 34.8°
Azimuth at start → end
308° NW → 268° W
Closest-approach azimuth
268° W
Minimum slant range
5.3 km
Heading at closest
183° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (84°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:24 (23.5 s)
Lock
71%

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
11.5 MB · 23.0 s · offset -1.1 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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