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UPS9847 UPS

Boeing 767 34AF/W · N317UP

· 1:03Quality 88side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −68%). 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
5.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.84° / 0.35°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.23° / 0.89°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
8.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.52° / 0.33°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.93° / 1.15°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.42°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.90°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.13°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.88°
Zoom steps
49

Aircraft & route

Flight
UPS9847
Registration
N317UP
Type
Boeing 767 34AF/W
Airline
UPS
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
315 kt
Altitude at closest
10,000 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a362a2

Pass geometry

Max elevation
43.4°
Elevation at start → end
22.9° → 31.8°
Azimuth at start → end
344° NNW → 232° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
281° WNW
Minimum slant range
4.5 km
Heading at closest
190° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:03 (63.1 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
2026-10-12i — 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
28.2 MB · 58.4 s · offset -1.2 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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