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UAL837 United

Boeing 777 300ER · N2341U · SFO → NRT

· 0:56Quality 79side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −66%). 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
68%
First lockfrom target selected
7.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.76° / 0.45°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.58° / 10.54°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
43.8 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
1.85°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.83°
Zoom steps
35

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL837
Registration
N2341U
Type
Boeing 777 300ER (B77W)
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
NRT · Tokyo
Ground speed
190 kt
Altitude at closest
1,100 ft
Vertical rate
+2,880 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a219ea

Pass geometry

Max elevation
79.7°
Elevation at start → end
0.5° → 13.4°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
26° NNE
Minimum slant range
396 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:56 (55.6 s)
Lock
68%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14e — feedforward in head axes
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
27.5 MB · 55.0 s · offset -0.9 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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