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UAL857 United

Boeing 777 300ER · N2639U · SFO → ?

· 1:05Quality 79nose/tail

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −84%). 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
65%
First lockfrom target selected
21.2 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.52° / 0.63°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
6.65° / 2.81°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
33.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.8 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
1.03°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.55°
Zoom steps
56

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL857
Registration
N2639U
Type
Boeing 777 300ER (B77W)
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
196 kt
Altitude at closest
1,275 ft
Vertical rate
+2,880 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a28dc8

Pass geometry

Max elevation
83.1°
Elevation at start → end
0.1° → 12.0°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
31° NNE
Minimum slant range
419 m
Heading at closest
297° WNW
Aspect at closest
nose/tail (6°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:05 (64.6 s)
Lock
65%

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
30.9 MB · 63.1 s · offset -1.4 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
-0.27
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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