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SKW5578 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LL · N612UX

· 2:15Quality 96side-onturned right 16°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −81%). 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
92%
First lockfrom target selected
10.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.12° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.32° / 0.35°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
112.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.19° / 0.19°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.22° / 1.12°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.2
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.16°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.95°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.73°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
5.24°
Zoom steps
39

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5578
Registration
N612UX
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LL
Airline
SkyWest
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
245 kt
Altitude at closest
11,500 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a7f804

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.3°
Elevation at start → end
18.6° → 26.1°
Azimuth at start → end
327° NNW → 132° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned right 16°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:15 (134.6 s)
Lock
92%

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
66.7 MB · 65.9 s · offset -0.9 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

Notes

  • clip ends early: video stream restarted mid-pass

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