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UAL611 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N76532 · SFO → ?

· 1:37Quality 77side-onturned left 34°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −49%). 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
74%
First lockfrom target selected
4.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
1.01° / 0.59°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.24° / 2.18°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
9.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
6.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.45° / 0.51°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.39° / 1.36°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.66°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.50°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.26°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.92°
Zoom steps
89

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL611
Registration
N76532
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
276 kt
Altitude at closest
9,025 ft
Vertical rate
+3,776 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
aa56f7

Pass geometry

Max elevation
55.4°
Elevation at start → end
19.6° → 21.1°
Azimuth at start → end
347° NNW → 204° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
269° W
Minimum slant range
3.4 km
Heading at closest
184° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
turned left 34°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:37 (97.3 s)
Lock
74%

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
48.5 MB · 97.0 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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