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UAL893 United

Boeing 787 9 · N29968 · SFO → ICN

· 0:15Quality 4no planeshortlost locknose/tail

3D replay

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
9%
First lockfrom target selected
13.3 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
4.17° / 11.47°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.17° / 11.47°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
—
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
3.87°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.00°
Zoom steps
25

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL893
Registration
N29968
Type
Boeing 787 9 (B789)
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
ICN · Seoul
Ground speed
204 kt
Altitude at closest
375 ft
Vertical rate
+1,728 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a31a34

Pass geometry

Max elevation
7.9°
Elevation at start → end
-0.1° → 7.9°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 112° ESE
Closest-approach azimuth
112° ESE
Minimum slant range
1.1 km
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (5°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:15 (14.6 s)
Lock
9%

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
7.0 MB · 14.0 s · offset -1.0 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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