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UAL34 United

Boeing 777 222ER · N218UA · KIX → SFO

· 1:37Quality 96side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −72%). 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
87%
First lockfrom target selected
8.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.14° / 0.15°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.94° / 0.50°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
8.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
64.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.36° / 0.24°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.84° / 1.57°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
9.18°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.31°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.75°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.76°
Zoom steps
29

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL34
Registration
N218UA
Type
Boeing 777 222ER
Airline
United
From
KIX · Osaka
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
269 kt
Altitude at closest
9,725 ft
Vertical rate
-1,280 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a1d8fd

Pass geometry

Max elevation
67.2°
Elevation at start → end
17.8° → 37.6°
Azimuth at start → end
327° NNW → 120° ESE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.2 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:37 (97.1 s)
Lock
87%

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
48.5 MB · 97.0 s · offset -1.6 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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