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EJA514 NetJets

Textron Aviation Citation Latitude · N514QS · SFO → SFO

· 1:40Quality 72lost lockclip shortnose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −79%). 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
57%
First lockfrom target selected
30.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.19° / 0.19°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.26° / 1.14°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
40.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
41.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.38° / 0.28°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
3.26° / 1.70°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.9
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.50°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.65°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.51°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.54°
Zoom steps
70

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA514
Registration
N514QS
Type
Textron Aviation Citation Latitude (C68A)
Airline
NetJets
From
SFO
To
SFO
Ground speed
214 kt
Altitude at closest
1,900 ft
Vertical rate
+2,816 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a671ba

Pass geometry

Max elevation
84.7°
Elevation at start → end
0.1° → 14.1°
Azimuth at start → end
117° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
39° NE
Minimum slant range
614 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (6°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:40 (99.6 s)
Lock
57%

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
52.0 MB · 51.5 s · offset -0.8 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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