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UAL393 United

Boeing 737 MAX 9 · N27419 · SFO → ?

· 1:32Quality 76side-onturned left 54°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −58%). 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
58%
First lockfrom target selected
12.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.79° / 0.41°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.07° / 1.05°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
79.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
6.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.66° / 0.28°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.40° / 0.83°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
3.2
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.97°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.51°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.27°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.97°
Zoom steps
65

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL393
Registration
N27419
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 9
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
299 kt
Altitude at closest
8,400 ft
Vertical rate
+3,456 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a2b7f5

Pass geometry

Max elevation
42.8°
Elevation at start → end
19.1° → 20.0°
Azimuth at start → end
334° NNW → 190° S
Closest-approach azimuth
264° W
Minimum slant range
3.8 km
Heading at closest
183° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (81°)
Turn
turned left 54°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:32 (92.4 s)
Lock
58%

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
46.0 MB · 92.0 s · offset -1.0 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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