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UAL1754 United

Boeing 737MAX 9 · N37504

· 2:04Quality 90side-onturned right 21°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −77%). 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
90%
First lockfrom target selected
11.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.10° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.23° / 0.28°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
112.0 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
95.9 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.18°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.94° / 1.17°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
5.54°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.05°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.76°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.08°
Zoom steps
41

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1754
Registration
N37504
Type
Boeing 737MAX 9
Airline
United
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
237 kt
Altitude at closest
11,475 ft
Vertical rate
-64 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a448d3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
70.3°
Elevation at start → end
25.9° → 19.4°
Azimuth at start → end
330° NNW → 138° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.7 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
turned right 21°
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:04 (123.7 s)
Lock
90%

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
59.6 MB · 123.0 s · offset -0.9 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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