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LXJ505 Flexjet

Bombardier BD-100-1A10 · N505FX · SFO → ?

· 1:07Quality 7no planejumpynose/tail

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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
61%
First lockfrom target selected
20.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.35° / 0.32°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.75° / 1.22°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
6.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
39.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
25.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.44° / 0.36°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.72° / 1.87°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
2.4
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.76°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.09°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.13°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
4.00°
Zoom steps
63

Aircraft & route

Flight
LXJ505
Registration
N505FX
Type
Bombardier BD-100-1A10 (CL35)
Airline
Flexjet
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
220 kt
Altitude at closest
1,725 ft
Vertical rate
+2,304 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a64d16

Pass geometry

Max elevation
82.7°
Elevation at start → end
0.7° → 11.9°
Azimuth at start → end
117° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
30° NNE
Minimum slant range
561 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (7°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:07 (67.1 s)
Lock
61%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16c — mount prior carried to the next target (silhouette reach reverted)
Commit
8649c7d
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
3.8 MB · 7.6 s · offset -0.9 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

Notes

  • clip ends early: video stream restarted mid-pass

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License