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UAL1702 United

Airbus A320 232 · N460UA

· 0:10Quality 40shortlost lockquartering

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
0%
First lockfrom target selected
—
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
—
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
—
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.0 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
47.85°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.02°
Zoom steps
11

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1702
Registration
N460UA
Type
Airbus A320 232
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
261 kt
Altitude at closest
11,375 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a59b5e

Pass geometry

Max elevation
22.4°
Elevation at start → end
20.5° → 22.4°
Azimuth at start → end
334° NNW → 340° NNW
Closest-approach azimuth
340° NNW
Minimum slant range
9.1 km
Heading at closest
107° ESE
Aspect at closest
quartering (53°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:10 (10.1 s)
Lock
0%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14l — vision lock coasts with the plane; a zoom ends a focus drive
Commit
f5b573a
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
5.0 MB · 10.0 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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