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UAL2150 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N37281 · SFO → ?

· 0:48Quality 84side-onturned 15°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −68%). 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
74%
First lockfrom target selected
9.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.45° / 0.24°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.81° / 1.11°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
11.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.53° / 0.26°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.74° / 1.37°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.16°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.37°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.13°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.48°
Zoom steps
26

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2150
Registration
N37281
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
310 kt
Altitude at closest
9,625 ft
Vertical rate
+2,688 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a43ec3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
31.0°
Elevation at start → end
17.4° → 30.5°
Azimuth at start → end
320° NW → 250° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
260° W
Minimum slant range
5.7 km
Heading at closest
179° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (81°)
Turn
turned 15°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:48 (47.7 s)
Lock
74%

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
24.0 MB · 48.0 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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