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UAL751 United

Boeing 737NG 924ER/W · N69813 · SFO → ?

· 1:11Quality 77side-onturned left 33°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −72%). 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
69%
First lockfrom target selected
8.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.86° / 0.58°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.18° / 1.15°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
8.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
42.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
5.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.24° / 0.12°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.84° / 0.43°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.62°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.67°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.73°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.24°
Zoom steps
44

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL751
Registration
N69813
Type
Boeing 737NG 924ER/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
272 kt
Altitude at closest
6,450 ft
Vertical rate
+3,968 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a94b05

Pass geometry

Max elevation
46.7°
Elevation at start → end
19.2° → 22.4°
Azimuth at start → end
337° NNW → 193° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
257° WSW
Minimum slant range
2.7 km
Heading at closest
175° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (82°)
Turn
turned left 33°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:11 (70.8 s)
Lock
69%

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
34.9 MB · 70.4 s · offset -0.7 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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