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N4K

Gulfstream G650 · N4K

· 1:56Quality 77lost locknose/tailturned left 23°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −68%). 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
48%
First lockfrom target selected
17.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.34°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.10° / 5.91°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
30.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
51.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
30.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.16° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.80° / 1.12°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
2.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.96°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.60°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.72°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
4.22°
Zoom steps
100

Aircraft & route

Flight
N4K
Registration
N4K
Type
Gulfstream G650 (GLF6)
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
211 kt
Altitude at closest
1,750 ft
Vertical rate
+3,008 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a4a8d0

Pass geometry

Max elevation
81.5°
Elevation at start → end
0.0° → 12.3°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 295° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
19° NNE
Minimum slant range
565 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (9°)
Turn
turned left 23°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:56 (116.1 s)
Lock
48%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-16b — silhouette fallback reach 0.8° + multipart uploads
Commit
2ed816b
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
58.0 MB · 116.0 s · offset -1.7 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