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N71MB

Textron Aviation Citation CJ3+ · N71MB · SFO → ?

· 1:09Quality 73lost lockside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −73%). 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
57%
First lockfrom target selected
17.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.17° / 0.21°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.46° / 1.65°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
15.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
33.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
33.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.30° / 0.39°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.28° / 1.65°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
2.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.45°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.57°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.63°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.64°
Zoom steps
43

Aircraft & route

Flight
N71MB
Registration
N71MB
Type
Textron Aviation Citation CJ3+
Airline
—
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
184 kt
Altitude at closest
1,175 ft
Vertical rate
+2,880 ft/min
Category
A1
ICAO hex
a97ac9

Pass geometry

Max elevation
72.6°
Elevation at start → end
1.1° → 11.8°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
29° NNE
Minimum slant range
391 m
Heading at closest
299° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:09 (68.7 s)
Lock
57%

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
34.5 MB · 69.0 s · offset -1.6 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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