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SKW5435 SkyWest

Bombardier CRJ 200LR · N969SW · SFO → RDM

· 1:57Quality 93side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −80%). 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
96%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.09° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.20° / 0.27°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
55.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
106.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.11° / 0.15°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.63° / 0.80°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.80°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.36°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.47°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.49°
Zoom steps
24

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5435
Registration
N969SW
Type
Bombardier CRJ 200LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
RDM · Redmond
Ground speed
276 kt
Altitude at closest
8,900 ft
Vertical rate
+2,752 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
ad7f3a

Pass geometry

Max elevation
27.3°
Elevation at start → end
25.8° → 12.3°
Azimuth at start → end
271° W → 192° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
252° WSW
Minimum slant range
5.9 km
Heading at closest
173° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (79°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:57 (116.5 s)
Lock
96%

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
58.4 MB · 117.0 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
-0.06
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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