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UAL2177 United

Boeing 737NG 824/W · N54241 · SFO → ?

· 2:04Quality 97clip shortside-on

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
92%
First lockfrom target selected
9.5 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.12° / 0.10°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.39° / 0.24°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
5.5 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
67.3 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
103.5 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.23° / 0.16°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.99° / 1.25°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.1
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
3.63°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
3.00°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.56°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.25°
Zoom steps
34

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL2177
Registration
N54241
Type
Boeing 737NG 824/W
Airline
United
From
SFO
To
—
Ground speed
281 kt
Altitude at closest
7,300 ft
Vertical rate
+3,008 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a6e258

Pass geometry

Max elevation
34.1°
Elevation at start → end
18.5° → 13.2°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 201° SSW
Closest-approach azimuth
269° W
Minimum slant range
4.0 km
Heading at closest
188° S
Aspect at closest
side-on (82°)
Turn
straight (7°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
2:04 (123.5 s)
Lock
92%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16c — mount prior carried to the next target (silhouette reach reverted)
Commit
8649c7d
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
70.1 MB · 103.4 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
-0.1
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License