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UAL2305 United

Boeing 737NG 924ER/W · N68880 · SFO → ?

· 1:10Quality 75side-onturned 15°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −62%). 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
65%
First lockfrom target selected
6.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.42° / 0.36°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.17° / 1.28°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.0°
Time to 8°from first lock
9.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
37.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.3 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.00° / 0.00°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.00° / 0.00°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.04°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.92°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.69°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.28°
Zoom steps
41

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2305
Registration
N68880
Type
Boeing 737NG 924ER/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
294 kt
Altitude at closest
6,450 ft
Vertical rate
+3,264 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a92478

Pass geometry

Max elevation
32.0°
Elevation at start → end
18.4° → 19.4°
Azimuth at start → end
327° NNW → 211° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
266° W
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
186° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (80°)
Turn
turned 15°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:10 (69.8 s)
Lock
65%

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
35.0 MB · 70.0 s · offset -1.1 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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