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UAL2431 United

Boeing 737-8 · N27269 · SFO → ?

· 1:05Quality 76side-onturned left 32°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −53%). 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
68%
First lockfrom target selected
5.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.29° / 0.29°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
8.23° / 1.96°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
15.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
57.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.76°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.39°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.80°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.56°
Zoom steps
69

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2431
Registration
N27269
Type
Boeing 737-8
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
301 kt
Altitude at closest
6,525 ft
Vertical rate
+1,856 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a2b136

Pass geometry

Max elevation
25.2°
Elevation at start → end
16.5° → 17.9°
Azimuth at start → end
310° NW → 207° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
254° WSW
Minimum slant range
4.6 km
Heading at closest
174° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (80°)
Turn
turned left 32°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:05 (65.1 s)
Lock
68%

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
32.5 MB · 65.0 s · offset -1.0 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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