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ASA1412 Alaska

Boeing 737NG 890/W · N513AS · SFO → ?

· 2:44Quality 78lost lockside-onturned left 81°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −62%). 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
84%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.11° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.28° / 0.32°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
134.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
139.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.15° / 0.19°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.47° / 1.38°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
9.19°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.31°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.62°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.59°
Zoom steps
25

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA1412
Registration
N513AS
Type
Boeing 737NG 890/W
Airline
Alaska
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
284 kt
Altitude at closest
9,875 ft
Vertical rate
+2,240 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a66ca5

Pass geometry

Max elevation
22.1°
Elevation at start → end
14.1° → 12.9°
Azimuth at start → end
299° WNW → 167° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
242° WSW
Minimum slant range
7.9 km
Heading at closest
163° SSE
Aspect at closest
side-on (79°)
Turn
turned left 81°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
2:44 (164.1 s)
Lock
84%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16i — lock-first on; shadow silhouette sky-masked
Commit
5610684
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
20.0 MB · 162.5 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
-0.19
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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