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UAL673 United

Boeing 787 9 · N36962 · SFO → BOS

· 0:32Quality 87nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −76%). 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
84%
First lockfrom target selected
4.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.12° / 0.15°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.14° / 0.39°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
20.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.20°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.62° / 0.89°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
0.98°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.27°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.46°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.77°
Zoom steps
25

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL673
Registration
N36962
Type
Boeing 787 9
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
BOS · Boston
Ground speed
273 kt
Altitude at closest
11,375 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a43100

Pass geometry

Max elevation
34.7°
Elevation at start → end
20.4° → 34.7°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 334° NNW
Closest-approach azimuth
334° NNW
Minimum slant range
6.1 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (15°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:32 (31.6 s)
Lock
84%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-14n — vision skyline mask 31x cheaper (loop back to ~15 Hz)
Commit
af2a83e
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
16.1 MB · 32.0 s · offset -1.7 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
-0.16
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License