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UAL2317 United

Boeing 737 MAX 9 · N27439 · SFO → SFO

· 1:19Quality 64nose/tailturned left 35°

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
50%
First lockfrom target selected
25.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.68° / 1.27°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.19° / 2.57°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
5.0°
Time to 8°from first lock
9.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
38.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.38° / 0.18°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.13° / 0.48°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.34°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.11°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.25°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.80°
Zoom steps
46

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2317
Registration
N27439
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 9
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
SFO
Ground speed
193 kt
Altitude at closest
2,775 ft
Vertical rate
+2,240 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a2b83b

Pass geometry

Max elevation
87.8°
Elevation at start → end
2.0° → 14.6°
Azimuth at start → end
120° ESE → 276° W
Closest-approach azimuth
20° NNE
Minimum slant range
887 m
Heading at closest
295° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (7°)
Turn
turned left 35°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:19 (78.8 s)
Lock
50%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14c — steady overhead park, zoom travel guard v2
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
39.5 MB · 79.0 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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