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UAL2374 United

Boeing 737NG 924ER/W · N28457 · SFO → ?

· 2:05Quality 89side-onturned left 71°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −75%). 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
85%
First lockfrom target selected
4.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.47° / 0.25°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
95.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.17° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.34° / 0.94°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
16.83°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.51°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.60°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.95°
Zoom steps
44

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2374
Registration
N28457
Type
Boeing 737NG 924ER/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
277 kt
Altitude at closest
7,550 ft
Vertical rate
+1,792 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a2dffe

Pass geometry

Max elevation
26.0°
Elevation at start → end
18.6° → 16.3°
Azimuth at start → end
322° NW → 191° S
Closest-approach azimuth
279° W
Minimum slant range
5.2 km
Heading at closest
197° SSW
Aspect at closest
side-on (82°)
Turn
turned left 71°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
2:05 (124.6 s)
Lock
85%

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
62.3 MB · 125.0 s · offset -1.5 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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