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UAL626 United

Airbus A320 232 · N449UA · SFO → ?

· 0:44Quality 70side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −60%). 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
69%
First lockfrom target selected
9.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.70° / 0.50°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.67° / 1.53°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
7.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.31° / 0.75°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.84° / 1.84°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.43°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
4.82°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.24°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.54°
Zoom steps
38

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL626
Registration
N449UA
Type
Airbus A320 232
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
288 kt
Altitude at closest
6,875 ft
Vertical rate
+3,200 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a56dcf

Pass geometry

Max elevation
52.0°
Elevation at start → end
19.8° → 39.1°
Azimuth at start → end
345° NNW → 224° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
274° W
Minimum slant range
2.7 km
Heading at closest
188° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (86°)
Turn
straight (14°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:44 (43.7 s)
Lock
69%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14g — vision expected spot at frame time, departure pre-zoom, focus from profile, damped lead learner
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
22.0 MB · 44.0 s · offset -1.2 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
maxSpeedStepFwps
0.45
speedReachFrac
0.8
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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