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UAL29 United

Boeing 787-9 · N51104 · SFO → SIN

· 0:57Quality 75side-on

3D replay

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
68%
First lockfrom target selected
9.1 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.82° / 1.37°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.80° / 9.87°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
40.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
—
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
2.7 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
8.09°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
5.02°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.65°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
3.00°
Zoom steps
45

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL29
Registration
N51104
Type
Boeing 787-9 (B789)
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
SIN · Singapore
Ground speed
204 kt
Altitude at closest
925 ft
Vertical rate
+3,008 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a6679b

Pass geometry

Max elevation
73.6°
Elevation at start → end
-0.1° → 11.8°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
28° NNE
Minimum slant range
303 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (89°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:57 (57.0 s)
Lock
68%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16a — main b067f99 (review cleanup)
Commit
b067f99
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
24.5 MB · 50.2 s · offset -1.7 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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