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UAL2179 United

Airbus A321-271NX · N14507

· 1:54Quality 90side-onturned 25°

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
81%
First lockfrom target selected
5.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.25° / 0.29°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.09° / 1.42°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
8.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
105.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
27.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.23° / 0.27°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.18° / 1.24°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.46°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.06°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.78°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.64°
Zoom steps
51

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2179
Registration
N14507
Type
Airbus A321-271NX
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
271 kt
Altitude at closest
11,250 ft
Vertical rate
-832 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a0b7bb

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.8°
Elevation at start → end
24.9° → 18.2°
Azimuth at start → end
330° NNW → 140° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
48° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
turned 25°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:54 (114.3 s)
Lock
81%

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
57.5 MB · 115.0 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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