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N1898B

Dassault Falcon 8X · N1898B

· 0:40Quality 82side-onDead-zone wrap

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
70%
First lockfrom target selected
5.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.56° / 0.53°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.74° / 2.04°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
9.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
14.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.12° / 0.43°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.45° / 1.66°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.84°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.55°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
2.78°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.77°
Zoom steps
50

Aircraft & route

Flight
N1898B
Registration
N1898B
Type
Dassault Falcon 8X
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
301 kt
Altitude at closest
12,075 ft
Vertical rate
+3,904 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a1658d

Pass geometry

Max elevation
76.1°
Elevation at start → end
50.0° → 50.1°
Azimuth at start → end
25° NNE → 170° S
Closest-approach azimuth
97° E
Minimum slant range
3.8 km
Heading at closest
185° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:40 (39.6 s)
Lock
70%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16f — A/B mountPrior, cand diagnostics, clip-short flag
Commit
3ea7ff5
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
20.0 MB · 40.0 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

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