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UAL1189 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N26208 · SFO → SJD

· 0:57Quality 83side-onturned left 26°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −64%). Download

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
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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
78%
First lockfrom target selected
5.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.82° / 0.33°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.88° / 0.89°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
34.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
10.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.80° / 0.33°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.15° / 1.10°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.48°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.58°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.19°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.03°
Zoom steps
60

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1189
Registration
N26208
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
SJD · San José del Cabo
Ground speed
310 kt
Altitude at closest
8,300 ft
Vertical rate
+4,032 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a288e4

Pass geometry

Max elevation
29.1°
Elevation at start → end
20.5° → 22.0°
Azimuth at start → end
315° NW → 226° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
264° W
Minimum slant range
5.1 km
Heading at closest
186° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (78°)
Turn
turned left 26°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:57 (57.1 s)
Lock
78%

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
29.0 MB · 58.0 s · offset -1.7 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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