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UAL969 United

Boeing 777 222ER · N204UA · AMS → SFO

· 1:25Quality 96side-onturned right 19°

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
95%
First lockfrom target selected
4.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.34° / 0.32°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.02° / 0.97°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
25.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
37.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
25.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.30° / 0.34°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.35° / 1.42°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.16°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.88°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.72°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.38°
Zoom steps
32

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL969
Registration
N204UA
Type
Boeing 777 222ER
Airline
United
From
AMS · Amsterdam
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
269 kt
Altitude at closest
11,225 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a1a2a2

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.7°
Elevation at start → end
54.4° → 18.9°
Azimuth at start → end
351° N → 140° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned right 19°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:25 (85.2 s)
Lock
95%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13i — slower zoom ladder (one rung, 1.5 s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
42.5 MB · 85.0 s · offset -0.8 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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