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UAL4195 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N78524 · SFO → ?

· 1:20Quality 72side-on

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
58%
First lockfrom target selected
7.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.96° / 0.80°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.13° / 10.97°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
47.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
60.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
4.4 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
1.41°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.36°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.81°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.85°
Zoom steps
70

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL4195
Registration
N78524
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W (B738)
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
170 kt
Altitude at closest
2,275 ft
Vertical rate
+3,392 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
aaa5d4

Pass geometry

Max elevation
79.2°
Elevation at start → end
0.4° → 13.4°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 298° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
15° NNE
Minimum slant range
736 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (78°)
Turn
straight (4°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:20 (79.5 s)
Lock
58%

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
40.0 MB · 80.0 s · offset -1.7 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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