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UAL796 United

Boeing 737-9 · N37554

· 1:26Quality 96side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −81%). 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
94%
First lockfrom target selected
4.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.15° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.38° / 0.25°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
64.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.22° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.48° / 0.86°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.37°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.59°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.75°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.99°
Zoom steps
19

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL796
Registration
N37554
Type
Boeing 737-9
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
255 kt
Altitude at closest
11,350 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a44982

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.1°
Elevation at start → end
41.7° → 24.6°
Azimuth at start → end
339° NNW → 135° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
49° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (14°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:26 (85.6 s)
Lock
94%

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
43.0 MB · 86.0 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
-0.16
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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