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UAL1333 United

Boeing 737NG 924ER/W · N66848

· 0:46Quality 89nose/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
84%
First lockfrom target selected
5.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.11° / 0.09°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.60° / 0.26°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
7.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
35.9 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
33.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.14°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.64° / 0.84°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.56°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.18°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.48°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.65°
Zoom steps
33

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1333
Registration
N66848
Type
Boeing 737NG 924ER/W
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
253 kt
Altitude at closest
11,375 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a8d4f6

Pass geometry

Max elevation
51.3°
Elevation at start → end
51.3° → 21.4°
Azimuth at start → end
113° ESE → 136° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
113° ESE
Minimum slant range
4.5 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (27°)
Turn
straight (13°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:46 (46.1 s)
Lock
84%

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
22.3 MB · 44.5 s · offset -1.3 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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