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UAL984 United

Boeing 777 222ER · N792UA · CDG → SFO

· 1:53side-onturned right 19°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −56%). 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
92%
First lockfrom target selected
6.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.49° / 0.43°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.22° / 1.13°
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
0.76°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.25°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL984
Registration
N792UA
Type
Boeing 777 222ER
Airline
United
From
CDG · Paris
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
281 kt
Altitude at closest
11,150 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
aac136

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.6°
Elevation at start → end
26.7° → 17.9°
Azimuth at start → end
331° NNW → 140° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
52° NE
Minimum slant range
3.6 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
turned right 19°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:53 (113.1 s)
Lock
92%

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
55.2 MB · 113.0 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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