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CPA879 Cathay Pacific

Boeing 777 367ER · B-KQR · SFO → HKG

· 0:59Quality 84clip shortside-on

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
71%
First lockfrom target selected
15.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.57° / 0.45°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.47° / 3.45°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
28.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
9.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.35° / 0.56°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.03° / 1.46°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
3.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.79°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.00°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.29°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.02°
Zoom steps
55

Aircraft & route

Flight
CPA879
Registration
B-KQR
Type
Boeing 777 367ER (B77W)
Airline
Cathay Pacific
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
HKG · Hong Kong
Ground speed
209 kt
Altitude at closest
1,100 ft
Vertical rate
+3,392 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
780a66

Pass geometry

Max elevation
77.0°
Elevation at start → end
0.6° → 11.7°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
26° NNE
Minimum slant range
374 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:59 (59.0 s)
Lock
71%

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
31.3 MB · 31.5 s · offset -1.5 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