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EJA783 NetJets

Bombardier Challenger 350 · N783QS

· 1:50Quality 77lost lockside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −79%). 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
85%
First lockfrom target selected
7.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.33°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
4.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
88.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.16° / 0.17°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.94° / 1.21°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.48°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.08°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.55°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.94°
Zoom steps
19

Aircraft & route

Flight
EJA783
Registration
N783QS
Type
Bombardier Challenger 350
Airline
NetJets
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
244 kt
Altitude at closest
10,225 ft
Vertical rate
-1,984 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
aa9d1a

Pass geometry

Max elevation
23.3°
Elevation at start → end
19.0° → 15.0°
Azimuth at start → end
333° NNW → 62° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
7° N
Minimum slant range
7.8 km
Heading at closest
107° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (80°)
Turn
straight (6°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:50 (109.7 s)
Lock
85%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16g — A/B lockFirst (mount prior on)
Commit
9bdc356
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
55.0 MB · 110.0 s · offset -1.3 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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