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UAL1506 United

Boeing 737 MAX 9 · N17455 · SFO → ORD

· 1:08Quality 68low zoomside-onDead-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
69%
First lockfrom target selected
4.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.20° / 0.33°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.76° / 0.74°
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
1.46°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.92°
Zoom steps
8

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1506
Registration
N17455
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 9
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
ORD · Chicago
Ground speed
291 kt
Altitude at closest
8,200 ft
Vertical rate
+2,112 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a12b2e

Pass geometry

Max elevation
38.2°
Elevation at start → end
28.3° → 20.6°
Azimuth at start → end
316° NW → 210° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
269° W
Minimum slant range
4.0 km
Heading at closest
185° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (84°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:08 (67.8 s)
Lock
69%

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
34.0 MB · 68.0 s · offset -1.8 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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