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UAL893 United

Boeing 787 9 · N24979 · SFO → ICN

· 0:35Quality 73side-onOverhead

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
55%
First lockfrom target selected
7.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.26° / 0.41°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
14.45° / 3.52°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
25.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.39°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.48°
Zoom steps
25

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL893
Registration
N24979
Type
Boeing 787 9
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
ICN · Seoul
Ground speed
196 kt
Altitude at closest
1,050 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a254dd

Pass geometry

Max elevation
74.1°
Elevation at start → end
19.1° → 12.9°
Azimuth at start → end
111° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
15° NNE
Minimum slant range
307 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (77°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
Yes — camera flipped over the top
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:35 (34.6 s)
Lock
55%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14d — park, zoom guard v2, visionMiss log
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
17.5 MB · 35.0 s · offset -1.3 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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