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UAL611 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N76515 · SFO → ?

· 2:01Quality 76lost lockwrap pinnedside-onturned left 43°Dead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −70%). 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
53%
First lockfrom target selected
7.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.21° / 0.37°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.68° / 1.47°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
15.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
63.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.37° / 0.32°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.17° / 2.15°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.3
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
17.40°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
4.17°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.06°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.60°
Zoom steps
53

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL611
Registration
N76515
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
293 kt
Altitude at closest
8,425 ft
Vertical rate
+2,944 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
aa56b4

Pass geometry

Max elevation
47.6°
Elevation at start → end
17.9° → 16.0°
Azimuth at start → end
325° NW → 167° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
242° WSW
Minimum slant range
3.5 km
Heading at closest
157° SSE
Aspect at closest
side-on (85°)
Turn
turned left 43°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
2:01 (121.2 s)
Lock
53%

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
59.1 MB · 121.0 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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