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UAL1736 United

Boeing 777 222 · N215UA · DEN → OGG

· 1:02Quality 94quartering

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −73%). 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
89%
First lockfrom target selected
6.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.14° / 0.23°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.46° / 0.97°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
2.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
5.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
36.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.17° / 0.29°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.81° / 1.44°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.73°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
1.76°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.75°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.72°
Zoom steps
24

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL1736
Registration
N215UA
Type
Boeing 777 222 (B772)
Airline
United
From
DEN · Denver
To
OGG · Kahului
Ground speed
497 kt
Altitude at closest
35,825 ft
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
a1cdd8

Pass geometry

Max elevation
84.3°
Elevation at start → end
44.2° → 66.5°
Azimuth at start → end
61° ENE → 222° SW
Closest-approach azimuth
145° SE
Minimum slant range
11.0 km
Heading at closest
236° SW
Aspect at closest
quartering (39°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:02 (62.0 s)
Lock
89%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16b — silhouette fallback reach 0.8° + multipart uploads
Commit
2ed816b
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
31.0 MB · 62.0 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
-0.03
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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