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UAL984 United

Boeing 777 224ER · N77022 · CDG → SFO

· 0:10Quality 40shortlost locklow zoomnose/tail

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
33%
First lockfrom target selected
6.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.21°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.15° / 1.25°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
10.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
3.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
2.32°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.13°
Zoom steps
10

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL984
Registration
N77022
Type
Boeing 777 224ER
Airline
United
From
CDG · Paris
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
307 kt
Altitude at closest
11,275 ft
Vertical rate
+64 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
aa6bc0

Pass geometry

Max elevation
25.9°
Elevation at start → end
21.7° → 25.9°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 330° NNW
Closest-approach azimuth
330° NNW
Minimum slant range
7.9 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (10°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:10 (10.3 s)
Lock
33%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14b — steady overhead park, zoom travel guard
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
5.0 MB · 10.0 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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