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UAE41P Emirates

Airbus A380-800 · A6-EVJ · SFO → DXB

· 0:53Quality 70side-on

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
49%
First lockfrom target selected
24.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.90° / 1.56°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.99° / 3.96°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
10.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
26.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.14°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.91°
Zoom steps
32

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAE41P
Registration
A6-EVJ
Type
Airbus A380-800 (A388)
Airline
Emirates
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
DXB · Dubai
Ground speed
168 kt
Altitude at closest
675 ft
Vertical rate
+1,472 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
8964e1

Pass geometry

Max elevation
64.4°
Elevation at start → end
0.1° → 11.9°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 302° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
24° NNE
Minimum slant range
260 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:53 (53.0 s)
Lock
49%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16h — lock-first association on (A/B −40% tele gaps)
Commit
dfc3684
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
26.5 MB · 53.0 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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