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UAL2150 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N17245 · SFO → ?

· 0:20Quality 64quartering

3D replay

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
48%
First lockfrom target selected
10.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.07° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.25° / 0.62°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
6.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.08° / 0.06°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.19° / 0.13°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.20°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.53°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.65°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.45°
Zoom steps
20

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2150
Registration
N17245
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
308 kt
Altitude at closest
10,025 ft
Vertical rate
+2,432 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a1239d

Pass geometry

Max elevation
24.5°
Elevation at start → end
24.5° → 19.0°
Azimuth at start → end
223° SW → 211° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
223° SW
Minimum slant range
7.5 km
Heading at closest
185° S
Aspect at closest
quartering (38°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:20 (20.2 s)
Lock
48%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-12i — focus jumps only to trusted tele points; rate-steered setpoint; bias learned only when still
Commit
68739f5+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
10.0 MB · 20.0 s · offset -1.6 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
rateFloorDegPerDps
2.5
rateFloorMaxDeg
12
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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