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UAL1334 United

Boeing 737NG 924ER/W · N67812

· 0:52Quality 89nose/tail

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
77%
First lockfrom target selected
3.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.20° / 0.29°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.64° / 1.19°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
15.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
48.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
18.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.40° / 0.37°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.19° / 1.47°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.15°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.70°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.57°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.20°
Zoom steps
21

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1334
Registration
N67812
Type
Boeing 737NG 924ER/W
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
268 kt
Altitude at closest
11,250 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a8fc06

Pass geometry

Max elevation
52.9°
Elevation at start → end
52.9° → 19.2°
Azimuth at start → end
111° ESE → 137° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
111° ESE
Minimum slant range
4.3 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (29°)
Turn
straight (13°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:52 (52.2 s)
Lock
77%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-13j — full 3.4 deg tele for slow planes (limit only above 0.5 deg/s)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
26.3 MB · 53.0 s · offset -1.7 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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