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UAL2001 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N37287 · SFO → ?

· 0:46Quality 73side-onDead-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
58%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.15° / 0.34°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
7.43° / 1.35°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
8.3 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
19.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
5.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.34° / 0.26°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.86° / 0.62°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.37°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.56°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.12°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.64°
Zoom steps
46

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2001
Registration
N37287
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
310 kt
Altitude at closest
10,100 ft
Vertical rate
+3,456 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a43ec9

Pass geometry

Max elevation
36.7°
Elevation at start → end
35.1° → 24.0°
Azimuth at start → end
285° WNW → 215° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
267° W
Minimum slant range
5.1 km
Heading at closest
184° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (82°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:46 (46.0 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
2026-10-13k — centred plane + noisy motion check no longer demotes the zoom
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
22.9 MB · 46.0 s · offset -1.6 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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