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JSX655 JSX Air

Embraer ERJ-145 · N243JX · OAK → LAS

· 1:45Quality 90lost lockclip shortnose/tailturned left 38°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −67%). 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
84%
First lockfrom target selected
11.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.25° / 0.25°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.76° / 0.76°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
85.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
69.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.36° / 0.30°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.69° / 1.72°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.6
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.68°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
4.00°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.87°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.86°
Zoom steps
44

Aircraft & route

Flight
JSX655
Registration
N243JX
Type
Embraer ERJ-145 (E145)
Airline
JSX Air
From
OAK · Oakland
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
271 kt
Altitude at closest
9,575 ft
Vertical rate
+2,240 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a23c02

Pass geometry

Max elevation
80.9°
Elevation at start → end
19.3° → 23.4°
Azimuth at start → end
353° N → 179° S
Closest-approach azimuth
265° W
Minimum slant range
3.0 km
Heading at closest
175° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (34°)
Turn
turned left 38°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:45 (105.1 s)
Lock
84%

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
62.5 MB · 78.8 s · offset -0.3 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
-0.1
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