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ASA753 Alaska

Boeing 737 MAX 8 · N816AK · SFO → ?

· 0:35Quality 54lost lockwrap pinnedclip shortside-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
0%
First lockfrom target selected
28.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.90° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.90° / 0.10°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
6.5°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.53°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.16°
Zoom steps
48

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA753
Registration
N816AK
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 8
Airline
Alaska
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
308 kt
Altitude at closest
11,775 ft
Vertical rate
+1,728 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ab1fb0

Pass geometry

Max elevation
14.8°
Elevation at start → end
14.8° → 13.0°
Azimuth at start → end
190° S → 174° S
Closest-approach azimuth
190° S
Minimum slant range
14.1 km
Heading at closest
133° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (56°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:35 (35.0 s)
Lock
0%

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
25.0 MB · 30.4 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
-0.15
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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