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UAL574 United

Boeing 737-9 · N37547 · SFO → ?

· 0:20Quality 58lost lockwrap pinnedquarteringDead-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
38%
First lockfrom target selected
1.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
10.66° / 0.39°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
17.96° / 1.00°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.6°
Time to 8°from first lock
17.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
18.0 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
0.50°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.08°
Zoom steps
17

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL574
Registration
N37547
Type
Boeing 737-9
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
307 kt
Altitude at closest
9,450 ft
Vertical rate
+2,432 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a44962

Pass geometry

Max elevation
23.2°
Elevation at start → end
23.2° → 18.4°
Azimuth at start → end
221° SW → 210° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
221° SW
Minimum slant range
7.4 km
Heading at closest
184° S
Aspect at closest
quartering (37°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:20 (19.6 s)
Lock
38%

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
9.5 MB · 19.0 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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