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UAL2623 United

Boeing 737-8 · N17294 · SFO → OGG

· 0:41Quality 85side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −62%). 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
67%
First lockfrom target selected
8.4 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.29° / 0.15°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.75° / 0.93°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.6 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
7.2 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
24.6 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.36° / 0.42°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.80° / 1.77°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
2.05°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.95°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.63°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.98°
Zoom steps
34

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2623
Registration
N17294
Type
Boeing 737-8
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
OGG · Kahului
Ground speed
288 kt
Altitude at closest
5,875 ft
Vertical rate
+1,856 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a1244b

Pass geometry

Max elevation
16.6°
Elevation at start → end
16.0° → 13.9°
Azimuth at start → end
312° NW → 269° W
Closest-approach azimuth
298° WNW
Minimum slant range
6.1 km
Heading at closest
224° SW
Aspect at closest
side-on (74°)
Turn
straight (6°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:41 (40.6 s)
Lock
67%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15r — keep the target past the sun; paced speed re-latch
Commit
05024bb
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
18.6 MB · 38.9 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
-0.21
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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