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UAL1668 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N37273 · SFO → ?

· 1:13Quality 69low zoomside-onturned left 28°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −66%). 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
79%
First lockfrom target selected
13.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.31° / 0.19°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.93° / 0.78°
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
1.04°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.68°
Zoom steps
0

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1668
Registration
N37273
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
299 kt
Altitude at closest
8,800 ft
Vertical rate
+2,880 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a43ea2

Pass geometry

Max elevation
25.4°
Elevation at start → end
20.8° → 20.1°
Azimuth at start → end
319° NW → 225° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
272° W
Minimum slant range
6.0 km
Heading at closest
195° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (77°)
Turn
turned left 28°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:13 (73.1 s)
Lock
79%

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
34.6 MB · 69.9 s · offset 0.3 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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