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UAL34 United

Boeing 777 222ER · N794UA · KIX → SFO

· 1:24Quality 88side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −50%). 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
76%
First lockfrom target selected
7.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.86° / 0.54°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.18° / 1.27°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
10.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
20.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.67° / 0.54°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.77° / 1.75°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.22°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.66°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.93°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.74°
Zoom steps
55

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL34
Registration
N794UA
Type
Boeing 777 222ER
Airline
United
From
KIX · Osaka
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
282 kt
Altitude at closest
11,325 ft
Vertical rate
-64 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
aac8a4

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.0°
Elevation at start → end
21.5° → 40.5°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 122° ESE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:24 (83.6 s)
Lock
76%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-13l — log why the zoom ladder moved
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
41.5 MB · 83.0 s · offset -0.8 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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