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UAL2317 United

· 1:21Quality 74lost lockside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −57%). 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
75%
First lockfrom target selected
10.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.66° / 0.58°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.85° / 1.03°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.6°
Time to 8°from first lock
28.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
20.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.44° / 0.60°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.74° / 2.19°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.5
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
11.60°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
5.55°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.10°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.55°
Zoom steps
28

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2317
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
287 kt
Altitude at closest
11,275 ft
Vertical rate
-192 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a2b83b

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.0°
Elevation at start → end
41.7° → 21.9°
Azimuth at start → end
339° NNW → 134° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (9°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:21 (80.5 s)
Lock
75%

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
39.9 MB · 80.0 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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