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N1080M

Cessna 182Q · N1080M · LVK → PVF

· 0:36Quality 59lost lockwrap pinnedside-onDead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −57%). 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
39%
First lockfrom target selected
10.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.01° / 0.29°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.44° / 1.85°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
9.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.17° / 0.53°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.66° / 1.44°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.84°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.10°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
2.22°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.39°
Zoom steps
41

Aircraft & route

Flight
N1080M
Registration
N1080M
Type
Cessna 182Q (C182)
Airline
—
From
LVK · Livermore
To
PVF · Placerville
Ground speed
120 kt
Altitude at closest
1,850 ft
Vertical rate
+256 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
a024d0

Pass geometry

Max elevation
13.3°
Elevation at start → end
13.3° → 9.4°
Azimuth at start → end
211° SSW → 174° S
Closest-approach azimuth
211° SSW
Minimum slant range
2.5 km
Heading at closest
128° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (82°)
Turn
straight (5°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:36 (36.1 s)
Lock
39%

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
18.2 MB · 36.0 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

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License