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UAL1212 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N87513 · SFO → PVR

· 0:47Quality 88side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −55%). 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
75%
First lockfrom target selected
11.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.28° / 1.11°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
31.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.15° / 0.18°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.66° / 1.11°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.38°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.28°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.59°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.72°
Zoom steps
22

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1212
Registration
N87513
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
PVR · Puerto Vallarta
Ground speed
304 kt
Altitude at closest
10,025 ft
Vertical rate
+2,624 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
ac0b80

Pass geometry

Max elevation
18.0°
Elevation at start → end
17.3° → 15.9°
Azimuth at start → end
273° W → 234° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
256° WSW
Minimum slant range
9.4 km
Heading at closest
184° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (72°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:47 (47.1 s)
Lock
75%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-15o — sun keep-out by the frame; no video, no pass
Commit
cb31ea0
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
22.8 MB · 47.0 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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