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UAL1367 United

· 1:33Quality 89side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −76%). 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
77%
First lockfrom target selected
7.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.41° / 0.16°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.74° / 0.56°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
16.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
19.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
41.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.44° / 0.19°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.67° / 1.15°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.34°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.98°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.85°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.51°
Zoom steps
58

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1367
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
293 kt
Altitude at closest
10,825 ft
Vertical rate
-832 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a12b2e

Pass geometry

Max elevation
30.0°
Elevation at start → end
21.6° → 17.9°
Azimuth at start → end
335° NNW → 76° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
22° NNE
Minimum slant range
6.6 km
Heading at closest
113° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:33 (93.2 s)
Lock
77%

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
43.8 MB · 88.0 s · offset -1.1 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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