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UAL1116 United

Boeing 737-8 · N57299 · SFO → ?

· 1:09Quality 90side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −64%). 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
93%
First lockfrom target selected
4.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.14° / 0.14°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.44° / 0.30°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
3.7 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
56.2 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.22° / 0.16°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.24° / 0.81°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.40°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.88°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.04°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.56°
Zoom steps
17

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1116
Registration
N57299
Type
Boeing 737-8
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
293 kt
Altitude at closest
7,475 ft
Vertical rate
+2,624 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a7598c

Pass geometry

Max elevation
31.5°
Elevation at start → end
18.0° → 21.6°
Azimuth at start → end
326° NW → 217° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
265° W
Minimum slant range
4.3 km
Heading at closest
186° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (79°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:09 (69.1 s)
Lock
93%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15q — drive speed latched at the lens position; measured speed bytes only; auto-cal keeps gains
Commit
44f2d6a
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
34.5 MB · 69.0 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
-0.11
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License