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UAL2282 United

Boeing 737-9 · N17589 · SFO → ?

· 2:34Quality 90side-onturned left 82°

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −81%). 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
79%
First lockfrom target selected
10.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.13° / 0.15°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.34° / 0.44°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
92.5 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
117.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.14° / 0.21°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.92° / 1.79°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.73°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.24°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.57°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.71°
Zoom steps
47

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2282
Registration
N17589
Type
Boeing 737-9
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
279 kt
Altitude at closest
6,225 ft
Vertical rate
+2,368 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a12f52

Pass geometry

Max elevation
21.0°
Elevation at start → end
18.3° → 11.7°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 198° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
297° WNW
Minimum slant range
5.1 km
Heading at closest
223° SW
Aspect at closest
side-on (73°)
Turn
turned left 82°
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:34 (154.1 s)
Lock
79%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-15u — driver limits live (tilt range follows the slip)
Commit
82eb706
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
76.4 MB · 154.0 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
-0.03
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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