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SKW5652 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LL · N85379 · SFO → MFR

· 0:41Quality 84side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −78%). 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
73%
First lockfrom target selected
10.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.14° / 0.15°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.38°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
24.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.13° / 0.16°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.81° / 0.74°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.70°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.17°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.87°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.48°
Zoom steps
28

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5652
Registration
N85379
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LL
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
MFR · Medford
Ground speed
267 kt
Altitude at closest
5,300 ft
Vertical rate
+2,368 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
abb5ec

Pass geometry

Max elevation
18.4°
Elevation at start → end
16.5° → 16.5°
Azimuth at start → end
314° NW → 258° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
291° WNW
Minimum slant range
5.0 km
Heading at closest
215° SW
Aspect at closest
side-on (76°)
Turn
straight (11°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:41 (41.0 s)
Lock
73%

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
20.5 MB · 41.0 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
-0.11
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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