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UAL1552 United

Boeing 737MAX 9 · N37518

· 0:55Quality 73low zoomside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −54%). 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
85%
First lockfrom target selected
7.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.33° / 0.60°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.75° / 1.35°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
10.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
0.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.13°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.14°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1552
Registration
N37518
Type
Boeing 737MAX 9
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
265 kt
Altitude at closest
11,625 ft
Vertical rate
-2,176 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a448fa

Pass geometry

Max elevation
71.4°
Elevation at start → end
44.7° → 39.2°
Azimuth at start → end
338° NNW → 125° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
47° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
139° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (8°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:55 (55.1 s)
Lock
85%

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
27.5 MB · 55.0 s · offset -0.8 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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