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UAL984 United

Boeing 777 224ER · N77022 · CDG → SFO

· 0:33Quality 75side-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
58%
First lockfrom target selected
6.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.79° / 0.21°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
5.43° / 0.88°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
8.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
5.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.01° / 0.03°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.02° / 0.06°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
3.9
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.76°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.64°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.21°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.32°
Zoom steps
38

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL984
Registration
N77022
Type
Boeing 777 224ER
Airline
United
From
CDG · Paris
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
265 kt
Altitude at closest
11,300 ft
Vertical rate
-64 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
aa6bc0

Pass geometry

Max elevation
68.5°
Elevation at start → end
68.5° → 34.0°
Azimuth at start → end
71° ENE → 126° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
71° ENE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (69°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:33 (33.2 s)
Lock
58%

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
16.5 MB · 33.0 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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