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UAL2432 United

Boeing 737 MAX 9 · N17438 · SFO → LAS

· 1:01Quality 84side-onturned 23°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −69%). 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
84%
First lockfrom target selected
4.8 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.19° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.53° / 0.37°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
47.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.27° / 0.17°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.34° / 0.91°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.20°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.14°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.06°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.61°
Zoom steps
23

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2432
Registration
N17438
Type
Boeing 737 MAX 9
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
LAS · Las Vegas
Ground speed
298 kt
Altitude at closest
7,650 ft
Vertical rate
+2,368 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a12aeb

Pass geometry

Max elevation
31.0°
Elevation at start → end
17.1° → 24.3°
Azimuth at start → end
319° NW → 222° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
260° W
Minimum slant range
4.5 km
Heading at closest
177° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (83°)
Turn
turned 23°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:01 (60.6 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
26.7 MB · 54.6 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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