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UAE51N Emirates

Airbus A380 842 · A6-EVJ · DXB → SFO

· 0:37Quality 3no planelost lockclip shortquartering

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
0%
First lockfrom target selected
—
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
—
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
—
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.5°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
8.70°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
5.97°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.40°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.69°
Zoom steps
47

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAE51N
Registration
A6-EVJ
Type
Airbus A380 842
Airline
Emirates
From
DXB · Dubai
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
248 kt
Altitude at closest
9,950 ft
Vertical rate
-1,088 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
8964e1

Pass geometry

Max elevation
16.7°
Elevation at start → end
16.7° → 11.1°
Azimuth at start → end
123° ESE → 134° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
123° ESE
Minimum slant range
10.6 km
Heading at closest
158° SSE
Aspect at closest
quartering (35°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:37 (36.9 s)
Lock
0%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-16e — A/B mountPrior + candidate diagnostics
Commit
ffe4b92
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
19.6 MB · 19.0 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

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