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FFT3838 Frontier

Airbus A321-271NX · N633FR · OAK → LAS

· 1:59Quality 90side-onturned left 39°

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
95%
First lockfrom target selected
6.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.12° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.52° / 0.39°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
91.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
85.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.21° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.88° / 1.37°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.30°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.66°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.69°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.36°
Zoom steps
30

Aircraft & route

Flight
FFT3838
Registration
N633FR
Type
Airbus A321-271NX
Airline
Frontier
From
OAK · Oakland
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
292 kt
Altitude at closest
10,775 ft
Vertical rate
+1,472 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a8496e

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.2°
Elevation at start → end
19.1° → 18.5°
Azimuth at start → end
352° N → 128° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
47° NE
Minimum slant range
3.5 km
Heading at closest
138° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
turned left 39°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:59 (119.1 s)
Lock
95%

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
59.5 MB · 119.0 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
-0.06
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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