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UAL1164 United

Boeing 737 MAX 8 · N27366 · SFO → ?

· 0:30Quality 57lost lockwrap pinnedlow zoomquarteringDead-zone wrap

3D replay

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
37%
First lockfrom target selected
9.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
2.34° / 0.15°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.27° / 0.39°
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
0.86°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.30°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1164
Registration
N27366
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 8
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
333 kt
Altitude at closest
9,925 ft
Vertical rate
+1,344 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a2b4ea

Pass geometry

Max elevation
31.9°
Elevation at start → end
31.9° → 19.6°
Azimuth at start → end
237° WSW → 210° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
237° WSW
Minimum slant range
5.8 km
Heading at closest
185° S
Aspect at closest
quartering (53°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:30 (30.1 s)
Lock
37%

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
15.0 MB · 30.0 s · offset -1.2 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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