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UAL2352 United

Boeing 737-9 · N17574 · SFO → ?

· 0:55Quality 67jumpyside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −58%). 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
49%
First lockfrom target selected
22.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.37° / 0.21°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
3.86° / 3.30°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
12.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
23.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
19.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.56° / 0.19°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
2.80° / 0.89°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.89°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.04°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.26°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.68°
Zoom steps
55

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2352
Registration
N17574
Type
Boeing 737-9
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
295 kt
Altitude at closest
7,475 ft
Vertical rate
+2,752 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a12f2a

Pass geometry

Max elevation
33.1°
Elevation at start → end
23.6° → 23.4°
Azimuth at start → end
315° NW → 219° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
267° W
Minimum slant range
4.1 km
Heading at closest
185° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (81°)
Turn
straight (2°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:55 (54.5 s)
Lock
49%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15s — bias fold follows a ramp; no pass below the skyline
Commit
cdd2256
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
27.0 MB · 54.1 s · offset -1.6 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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