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UAL755 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N37281

· 0:58Quality 84side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −73%). 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
7.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.55° / 0.20°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.30° / 1.82°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
10.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
12.4 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
17.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.42° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.74° / 0.84°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.86°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.15°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.04°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.36°
Zoom steps
41

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL755
Registration
N37281
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
311 kt
Altitude at closest
10,925 ft
Vertical rate
-1,280 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a43ec3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
26.3°
Elevation at start → end
21.3° → 22.3°
Azimuth at start → end
341° NNW → 49° NE
Closest-approach azimuth
16° NNE
Minimum slant range
7.5 km
Heading at closest
111° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:58 (58.2 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
2026-10-13a — zoom ladder waits for the lens to settle before demoting
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
29.0 MB · 58.0 s · offset -1.4 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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