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UAL2831 United

Airbus A320 232 · N493UA · SEA → SFO

· 1:22Quality 88side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −69%). 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
82%
First lockfrom target selected
7.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.41° / 0.18°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.97° / 0.44°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
24.1 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.53° / 0.16°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.78° / 0.76°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.17°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.79°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.85°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.90°
Zoom steps
33

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2831
Registration
N493UA
Type
Airbus A320 232
Airline
United
From
SEA · Seattle
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
310 kt
Altitude at closest
11,200 ft
Vertical rate
-64 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a61d00

Pass geometry

Max elevation
28.6°
Elevation at start → end
21.2° → 18.4°
Azimuth at start → end
336° NNW → 68° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
18° NNE
Minimum slant range
7.2 km
Heading at closest
111° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (87°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:22 (82.2 s)
Lock
82%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-13e — revert framing sigma hold
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
41.0 MB · 82.0 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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