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JSX179 JSX Air

Embraer ERJ-135 · N266JX · OAK → BUR

· 1:36Quality 92nose/tailturned left 34°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −65%). 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
93%
First lockfrom target selected
3.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.16°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.51° / 0.50°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
90.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
64.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.15° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.91° / 1.25°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.5
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
6.89°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.69°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.00°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.39°
Zoom steps
34

Aircraft & route

Flight
JSX179
Registration
N266JX
Type
Embraer ERJ-135
Airline
JSX Air
From
OAK · Oakland
To
BUR · Burbank
Ground speed
269 kt
Altitude at closest
9,450 ft
Vertical rate
+3,072 ft/min
Category
A2
ICAO hex
a29625

Pass geometry

Max elevation
87.9°
Elevation at start → end
19.3° → 26.1°
Azimuth at start → end
340° NNW → 142° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
228° SW
Minimum slant range
2.9 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (10°)
Turn
turned left 34°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:36 (96.0 s)
Lock
93%

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
8.9 MB · 96.0 s · offset -1.1 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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