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UAL2282 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N87512 · SFO → ?

· 1:29Quality 88side-onturned 17°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −66%). 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
72%
First lockfrom target selected
8.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.44° / 0.32°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.63° / 0.95°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
6.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
13.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
18.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.69° / 0.25°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.34° / 1.13°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.99°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.36°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.97°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.61°
Zoom steps
92

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2282
Registration
N87512
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
305 kt
Altitude at closest
9,200 ft
Vertical rate
+3,584 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ac0b7f

Pass geometry

Max elevation
37.4°
Elevation at start → end
18.7° → 18.3°
Azimuth at start → end
332° NNW → 209° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
266° W
Minimum slant range
4.6 km
Heading at closest
185° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (81°)
Turn
turned 17°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:29 (88.7 s)
Lock
72%

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
44.5 MB · 89.0 s · offset -1.5 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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