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UAL29 United

Boeing 787-9 · N31114 · SFO → SIN

· 0:32Quality 73side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −71%). 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
62%
First lockfrom target selected
11.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.66° / 1.75°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.01° / 5.42°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
19.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
1.3 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
1.26°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.23°
Zoom steps
39

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL29
Registration
N31114
Type
Boeing 787-9
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
SIN · Singapore
Ground speed
205 kt
Altitude at closest
950 ft
Vertical rate
—
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a34d20

Pass geometry

Max elevation
74.8°
Elevation at start → end
15.6° → 13.2°
Azimuth at start → end
111° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
25° NNE
Minimum slant range
282 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (88°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:32 (32.0 s)
Lock
62%

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
16.3 MB · 33.0 s · offset -1.7 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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