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UAL743 United

Airbus A319 131 · N823UA

· 1:29Quality 88side-on

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
87%
First lockfrom target selected
5.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.20° / 0.18°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.57° / 0.41°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
10.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
12.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
42.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.25° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.53° / 0.80°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.62°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.15°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.74°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.08°
Zoom steps
24

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL743
Registration
N823UA
Type
Airbus A319 131
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
258 kt
Altitude at closest
11,175 ft
Vertical rate
-832 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ab3dc3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
26.5°
Elevation at start → end
21.3° → 18.4°
Azimuth at start → end
339° NNW → 62° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
14° NNE
Minimum slant range
7.6 km
Heading at closest
109° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:29 (89.3 s)
Lock
87%

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
44.6 MB · 89.0 s · offset -1.5 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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