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SWA3432 Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737NG 7H4/W · N949WN

· 0:27Quality 77clip shortnose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −71%). 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
66%
First lockfrom target selected
8.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.08° / 0.16°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.26° / 0.31°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
10.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
14.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.19° / 0.19°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.77° / 0.67°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.71°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.81°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.40°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.51°
Zoom steps
45

Aircraft & route

Flight
SWA3432
Registration
N949WN
Type
Boeing 737NG 7H4/W
Airline
Southwest Airlines
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
309 kt
Altitude at closest
11,175 ft
Vertical rate
+1,152 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ad3098

Pass geometry

Max elevation
27.8°
Elevation at start → end
27.8° → 18.1°
Azimuth at start → end
154° SSE → 163° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
154° SSE
Minimum slant range
7.3 km
Heading at closest
176° S
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (22°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:27 (27.4 s)
Lock
66%

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
16.5 MB · 19.9 s · offset -1.6 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

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