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UAL1062 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N37267 · SFO → ?

· 0:49Quality 66lost lockwrap pinnedquarteringturned left 34°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −54%). 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
52%
First lockfrom target selected
4.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.73° / 0.20°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
6.11° / 0.44°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
5.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
15.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.26° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.11° / 0.58°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.3
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
13.09°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.67°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.47°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.50°
Zoom steps
47

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1062
Registration
N37267
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
305 kt
Altitude at closest
9,600 ft
Vertical rate
+2,560 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a43e83

Pass geometry

Max elevation
24.6°
Elevation at start → end
24.6° → 16.2°
Azimuth at start → end
212° SSW → 186° S
Closest-approach azimuth
212° SSW
Minimum slant range
7.1 km
Heading at closest
177° S
Aspect at closest
quartering (35°)
Turn
turned left 34°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
0:49 (49.0 s)
Lock
52%

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
23.3 MB · 47.6 s · offset -0.8 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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