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UAL574 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N76532 · SFO → ?

· 0:14Quality 40soft focusshortlost locklow zoomnose/tailturned left 22°

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
2%
First lockfrom target selected
14.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
4.87° / 1.19°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.87° / 1.19°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
12.8°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.71°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.08°
Zoom steps
19

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL574
Registration
N76532
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
321 kt
Altitude at closest
11,075 ft
Vertical rate
+1,152 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
aa56f7

Pass geometry

Max elevation
14.1°
Elevation at start → end
14.1° → 12.5°
Azimuth at start → end
199° SSW → 196° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
199° SSW
Minimum slant range
13.9 km
Heading at closest
192° SSW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (7°)
Turn
turned left 22°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:14 (14.4 s)
Lock
2%

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
7.5 MB · 15.0 s · offset -1.4 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
-0.28
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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