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UAL1995 United

Boeing 737 MAX 9 · N17420 · SFO → ?

· 1:27Quality 80side-onturned 45°Dead-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
78%
First lockfrom target selected
8.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.23° / 0.58°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.72° / 1.74°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
9.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
73.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
12.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.53° / 0.27°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.74° / 1.12°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
3.2
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.72°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.86°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.21°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.13°
Zoom steps
63

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1995
Registration
N17420
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 9
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
299 kt
Altitude at closest
8,450 ft
Vertical rate
+3,264 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a12ac0

Pass geometry

Max elevation
43.2°
Elevation at start → end
19.1° → 18.1°
Azimuth at start → end
327° NNW → 205° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
260° W
Minimum slant range
3.8 km
Heading at closest
176° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (84°)
Turn
turned 45°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:27 (86.9 s)
Lock
78%

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
43.5 MB · 87.0 s · offset -1.2 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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