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UAL2281 United

Airbus A319 131 · N838UA · SFO → ?

· 0:32Quality 72side-onturned left 24°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −70%). 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
46%
First lockfrom target selected
5.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.57° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.16° / 1.01°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
17.2 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
7.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.41° / 0.13°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.27° / 0.56°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.3
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
12.34°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
7.27°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.86°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.75°
Zoom steps
31

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2281
Registration
N838UA
Type
Airbus A319 131
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
292 kt
Altitude at closest
6,225 ft
Vertical rate
+3,392 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ab77d5

Pass geometry

Max elevation
29.0°
Elevation at start → end
16.7° → 29.0°
Azimuth at start → end
318° NW → 252° WSW
Closest-approach azimuth
254° WSW
Minimum slant range
3.9 km
Heading at closest
176° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (78°)
Turn
turned left 24°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:32 (32.1 s)
Lock
46%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14k — loop integrates real tick time; aim lead −0.2 s
Commit
33c2b35-k
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
16.0 MB · 32.0 s · offset -1.5 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
sigmaGrowthDps
0.1
aimLeadSec
-0.2
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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