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UAL2262 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N77536 · LAS → SFO

· 0:49Quality 75lost lockside-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −72%). 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
38%
First lockfrom target selected
28.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.09° / 0.37°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.30° / 0.95°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.1 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
4.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
17.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.41°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.62° / 1.56°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.65°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.23°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.06°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.42°
Zoom steps
35

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2262
Registration
N77536
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
LAS · Las Vegas
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
282 kt
Altitude at closest
11,475 ft
Vertical rate
-64 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
aa7e7a

Pass geometry

Max elevation
26.8°
Elevation at start → end
18.3° → 26.8°
Azimuth at start → end
332° NNW → 13° NNE
Closest-approach azimuth
13° NNE
Minimum slant range
7.8 km
Heading at closest
111° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (81°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:49 (49.0 s)
Lock
38%

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
22.7 MB · 47.5 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
-0.16
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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