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UAL2115 United

Airbus A320 232 · N480UA · SFO → ?

· 1:28side-onturned 17°Dead-zone wrap

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
61%
First lockfrom target selected
7.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.99° / 0.24°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.97° / 2.22°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
44.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
6.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.90° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.20° / 0.35°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.90°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.00°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.35°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.05°
Zoom steps
68

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2115
Registration
N480UA
Type
Airbus A320 232
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
291 kt
Altitude at closest
7,700 ft
Vertical rate
+4,032 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a5ea5c

Pass geometry

Max elevation
46.9°
Elevation at start → end
19.5° → 19.5°
Azimuth at start → end
341° NNW → 204° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
269° W
Minimum slant range
3.2 km
Heading at closest
186° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (83°)
Turn
turned 17°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:28 (87.8 s)
Lock
61%

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
44.0 MB · 88.0 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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