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UAL2241 United

Airbus A320 232 · N447UA

· 0:24Quality 77nose/tailturned right 17°

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
80%
First lockfrom target selected
1.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.22° / 0.38°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.89° / 0.91°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
14.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
19.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
3.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.16° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.53° / 0.68°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.94°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.94°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.78°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.56°
Zoom steps
23

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2241
Registration
N447UA
Type
Airbus A320 232
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
283 kt
Altitude at closest
11,075 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a56661

Pass geometry

Max elevation
49.0°
Elevation at start → end
49.0° → 29.0°
Azimuth at start → end
114° ESE → 133° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
114° ESE
Minimum slant range
4.5 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (26°)
Turn
turned right 17°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:24 (23.8 s)
Lock
80%

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
11.5 MB · 23.0 s · offset -0.9 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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