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CFG7JL Condor Flugdienst

FRA → SFO

· 1:05Quality 93clip shortside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −87%). 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
87%
First lockfrom target selected
5.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.10° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.30° / 0.26°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
5.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
51.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.12° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.73° / 0.72°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.62°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.74°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.63°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.80°
Zoom steps
21

Aircraft & route

Flight
CFG7JL
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
Condor Flugdienst
From
FRA · Frankfurt am Main
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
288 kt
Altitude at closest
10,550 ft
Vertical rate
-1,216 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
3c7a48

Pass geometry

Max elevation
22.7°
Elevation at start → end
18.3° → 20.9°
Azimuth at start → end
334° NNW → 34° NE
Closest-approach azimuth
12° NNE
Minimum slant range
8.3 km
Heading at closest
107° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (84°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:05 (64.6 s)
Lock
87%

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
35.4 MB · 38.3 s · offset -0.6 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

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License