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SKW5962 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LL · N82366 · SJC → DEN

· 1:27Quality 94side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −70%). 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
87%
First lockfrom target selected
4.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.17°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.73° / 0.47°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
10.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
58.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
57.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.22° / 0.23°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.60° / 1.51°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.3
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.65°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
4.21°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.83°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.87°
Zoom steps
47

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5962
Registration
N82366
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LL
Airline
SkyWest
From
SJC · San Jose
To
DEN · Denver
Ground speed
266 kt
Altitude at closest
5,875 ft
Vertical rate
+1,344 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ab3f49

Pass geometry

Max elevation
44.5°
Elevation at start → end
28.8° → 14.9°
Azimuth at start → end
335° NNW → 203° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
279° W
Minimum slant range
2.6 km
Heading at closest
192° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (87°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:27 (86.6 s)
Lock
87%

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
43.0 MB · 86.0 s · offset -0.8 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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