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EJA819 NetJets

Textron Aviation Citation Longitude · N819QS · SFO → ?

· 1:31Quality 81side-onDead-zone wrap

3D replay

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
70%
First lockfrom target selected
5.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.09° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.24° / 0.39°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
10.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
14.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
63.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.80° / 1.29°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.2
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
13.26°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.04°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.58°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.27°
Zoom steps
39

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA819
Registration
N819QS
Type
Textron Aviation Citation Longitude
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
346 kt
Altitude at closest
13,675 ft
Vertical rate
+3,072 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
ab2c3a

Pass geometry

Max elevation
21.2°
Elevation at start → end
18.2° → 16.9°
Azimuth at start → end
237° WSW → 169° S
Closest-approach azimuth
209° SSW
Minimum slant range
11.3 km
Heading at closest
130° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (78°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:31 (91.0 s)
Lock
70%

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
45.1 MB · 91.0 s · offset -1.4 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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