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ASA1330 Alaska

Boeing 737 MAX 8 · N846AK · SFO → ?

· 0:54Quality 72lost lockquartering

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −54%). 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
54%
First lockfrom target selected
8.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.15° / 0.09°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.39° / 0.71°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
10.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
30.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.15° / 0.18°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.66° / 1.01°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.39°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.17°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.36°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.39°
Zoom steps
44

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA1330
Registration
N846AK
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 8
Airline
Alaska
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
282 kt
Altitude at closest
8,725 ft
Vertical rate
+2,944 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ab962d

Pass geometry

Max elevation
21.4°
Elevation at start → end
21.4° → 13.0°
Azimuth at start → end
251° WSW → 231° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
251° WSW
Minimum slant range
7.4 km
Heading at closest
214° SW
Aspect at closest
quartering (37°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:54 (54.0 s)
Lock
54%

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
27.0 MB · 54.0 s · offset -1.0 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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