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UAL2409 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N24224

· 0:14Quality 40shortnose/tail

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
54%
First lockfrom target selected
6.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.20° / 0.71°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.61° / 2.88°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
5.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.11° / 0.24°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.30° / 0.86°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.61°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.08°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.26°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.60°
Zoom steps
15

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2409
Registration
N24224
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
295 kt
Altitude at closest
11,025 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a23a28

Pass geometry

Max elevation
27.0°
Elevation at start → end
21.1° → 27.0°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 331° NNW
Closest-approach azimuth
331° NNW
Minimum slant range
7.4 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (11°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:14 (14.2 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
2026-10-12i — 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
6.9 MB · 14.0 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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