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UAL2432 United

Boeing 737 MAX 9 · N27474 · SFO → LAS

· 1:23Quality 70low zoomside-onturned 19°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −50%). 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
75%
First lockfrom target selected
5.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.63° / 0.40°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.71° / 1.22°
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
1.16°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.53°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2432
Registration
N27474
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 9
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
298 kt
Altitude at closest
7,025 ft
Vertical rate
+2,112 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a2b8c2

Pass geometry

Max elevation
38.9°
Elevation at start → end
19.0° → 16.6°
Azimuth at start → end
330° NNW → 205° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
267° W
Minimum slant range
3.4 km
Heading at closest
182° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
turned 19°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:23 (83.2 s)
Lock
75%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13g — debanding (archive s2 + live shader)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
42.0 MB · 84.0 s · offset -1.5 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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